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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Nuh",
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        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, as you have put it clearly, Parliament has different shades of character. I am not a lawyer. Some of us might be quacks, so when we speak, our opinion must be noted. I support the two clauses in the Bill. In this era of transparency and accountability and where terrorism is a big problem in the global arena, it is very important that if you have nothing to hide, you disclose. For example, if Hon. Kaluma has my money, I have given him, as my lawyer, all authority to disclose any kind of money that he is holding… It is because he is my lawyer. I have told him on the Floor of the House and he is hearing. This enhances transparency and accountability. A situation arises where money goes through clients’ accounts in lawyers’ offices amounting to billions of shillings. If they are not suspicious in nature, there is no need of disclosure, but if it is a national duty and obligation for disclosure if you think that money is a threat to national security and order, you are supposed to disclose it. It could be proceeds of illicit trade. This House must legislate for the good of the country. It must see things above personal or selfish interests, that if I have certain amount of money or I am buying certain land, it will be disclosed. That is neither here nor there. So long as you are sure that your money is from a legitimate business or your land transaction is legitimate, you have nothing to fear. Nothing will happen to you. Because you are a senior lawyer in this country as I know, Hon. Speaker, some lawyers want to drag you into their “lawyership”. You are the Speaker; you are neither a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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