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    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "On the second issue of hygiene, I totally disagree. Hygiene is a political term; it is not a legal term. There are things Sen. Orengo keeps on repeating here and I do not think we have understood them well. I think Sen. Orengo is one of the longest serving politicians and lawyers. He has represented all manner of people. There is a reason an accused person is presumed innocent. In fact, there are many cases where innocent people are dragged to court. You cannot, therefore, imagine that as soon as somebody is charged, they are dirty and are not hygienic. They are presumed innocent; in fact, they are clean.As a good Judge will tell you, it is better to give the benefit of the doubt to a guilty man than to convict and punish an innocent man. In fact, I have even misquoted it. It is a judgement which said: “It is better to set free a thousand guilty people than to convict and punish one innocent person.” Therefore, there is a reason why there is a presumption of innocence. The fact that you are dragged to court could be due to politics; it could be erroneous or malicious things. You would rather have guilty people benefiting from that than an innocent person suffering the consequences of the so-called “doctrine of hygiene” which I do not find anywhere in the Constitution, anyway. Order, Senators, having said that, we have come to the end of that. I think we were on Order No. 23. I do not see any other request. Let us go to Sen. Olekina. Before Sen. Olekina takes the Floor, I want to give the following direction: Once we finish debate on this matter, we will go to Order No. 25, time permitting, which is the item by Sen. (Eng.) Maina. Sen. (Eng.) Maina, I hope you have a seconder. Very well. Proceed, Sen. Olekina."
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