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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "That is the current provision. This is in the Act in Section 17(2) (a). That is what is sought to be amended. Accountancy is a profession, like Hon. Ichung’wah has just said. Nobody is forced to join the profession. I imagine that everybody with their open eyes and mind chooses to join whatever profession. If you choose to be a surveyor, you know where to go and how you will start. If you finally wish to be registered, you also know the processes. So are all other professions. I think if we extended the meaning in Article 36(2) of the Constitution that nobody shall be compelled to join any association of any kind, there will be no guide to any profession. If you want to join Hon. Otiende Amollo in his revered profession, you know what you are supposed to do. You have seen a number of people who have been going to court very frequently. I do not want to mention names. They are never registered even there as lawyers. They go there as just ordinary folks from the street. This is because if they purported to refer to themselves as lawyers, even though we have heard that they are taking instructions, obviously they will run into trouble with the law, the Advocates Act and, of course, several other processes would then follow. Let us proceed with this Bill, since I am informed that Hon. Ichung’wah has proposed an amendment to persuade his colleagues that there is merit in what he is saying. I think to block this Bill from being considered because it may turn out to be unconstitutional at this stage, may not be advisable. Therefore, I rule that the Bill proceeds to Second Reading and when the time comes for 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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