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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, DP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "Kshs1 billion, which means we have accommodated everybody including a police officer who takes Kshs50 on the road and is convicted and fined Kshs100 or Kshs1,000. For that other fellow convicted of corruption of Kshs500 million, we still have room to tell him to pay a fine of Kshs1 billion. With those reasons, my position is that this Bill is very timely. It is one that we must all agree to. However, I oppose the process of sentencing. That is where we go wrong. We must give our courts discretion. We must always allow the courts to listen to mitigation because no offence in this world is incapable of mitigation of one form or another. There are possibly compelling reasons why the crime is committed and the reasons why the judge should exercise the discretion and be lenient in the circumstances of the case. With those remarks, I state my position. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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