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    "id": 1021094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance. I am fairly senior in this House, this being my second term. I have never seen something like this. Although people have independence and freedoms to say what they want at any time, I have not seen this before. That is because we are not discussing the pros and cons of the Bill, I am certain that what you are trying to listen to from us is whether the process was followed, so that when the Bill comes up for Second Reading, we can discuss it. The process, as you guided and as guided by the Standing Orders and the laws, was 100 per cent followed. I want to attest to that as the Chair of the Committee. And this is not the first Bill that my Committee has processed. We did the same thing we have done in the past. After the Bill was committed to my Committee, we advertised for public participation. That was done by the Office of the Clerk. People submitted memoranda. Something similar to what is happening in the House came up in my Committee when we were trying to consider the Bill. Members, including the Member for Wajir West, who is a member of the Committee, had their own suggestions. They felt that we should give the Bill more time. And we did. We gave more than two weeks for Members to read the Bill again. If somebody is interested or influenced, and they are free to be, let them not bring politics into this Bill. I beg the House. And I beg you, Hon. Speaker. Second, why are we talking about the Law Society of Kenya (LSK)? If Members have looked at the Report that I have tabled, they would see that all those who submitted memoranda are listed, including the attachments in form of an appendix. The LSK, which is now a party in this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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