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A bill seeking to make it possible for companies to face
legal action over corporate misdemeanor has passed through the second
reading on the floor of the Senate after a prolonged debate
by lawmakers.
The sponsor of the bill, Senator Pius Ewherido led the debate on a
bill for an Act to Make Provisions Creating the Offence of Corporate
Manslaughter and other matters, noting that the bill when passed into law will
make corporate bodies, entities and agencies culpable for willful acts of
negligence.
Other senators who commented on the new bill noted that it will
send strong signal to corporate organisations operating tin the country that
issue of negligence and corporate manslaughter will no longer be taken with
levity.
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