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    "id": 1035221,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1035221/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": "Provision under the Employment Act is meant to remove references to contributions of the National Housing Development Fund. It is also aimed at harmonising references to the Kenya Defence Forces Act and also to exclude the Coast Guard Service from its provisions. On the Accountants Act, we have had a discussion on this and basically, as you rightly stated Hon. Speaker, there is already a current provision in Section 17(2A) that the examination board requires one to be a Member of the institute. When you go to the Accountants Act itself, the member of the institute is assumed to be a qualified member. So, you cannot be a student, yet a member is the one who is qualified. This amendment now creates a student category. The board requires you to become a member, but you can only become a member of the institute when you are qualified. So, to meet the requirements of the examination board, this basically creates a category of student membership, so that there is a member who has qualified and a member who is a student. Therefore, when we pass this, we will ensure that there is applicability of what is already within Section 17 (2A) of the Act. It is more of editorial so that student members are not told they cannot register because they are not members, yet there is no category right now within the Accountants Act for student membership. This is something that I forgot to mention when I was replying."
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