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    "id": 950367,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/950367/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "The same Section 48 that Hon. Nyoro seeks to amend provides, at sections 48(1)(b) and 48(2), how else the punishment can be meted out. If the money or value of the property lost through that offense is Kshs10 million or Kshs20 million, the law allows the courts to give a punishment that is beyond Kshs1 million. Section 48(2) states that the punishment thereof could also be based on calculating how much was lost and doubling it. So, if Kshs10 million was lost, the courts can order Kshs20 million in terms of punishment. That is what is in the law. So, purporting to say “not less than Kshs1 million” limits the decision of the courts. Secondly, Kshs1 million is not magic. It is a very small amount of money. If you asked me, the best way of punishing crime would be basing it on the quantum of money lost, which Clause 48(1)(ii) talks about."
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