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    "id": 1128947,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Soipan Tuya",
    "speaker_title": "The Temporary Deputy Speaker",
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        "legal_name": "Roselinda Soipan Tuya",
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    "content": "Hon. Members, with regard to the Advocates (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 43 of 2021) appearing under Order No.19 in today’s Order Paper, the Office of the Speaker is in receipt of a letter from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs seeking leave to withdraw the Bill pursuant to Standing Order No.140. Before I guide the House, it is worth noting as follows: (i) The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs introduced the Bill in furtherance of its own recommendations as contained in the Report on its consideration of Public Petition No.20 of 2021 by Mr. George Njenga Mwaniki and 12 others seeking amendment of the Advocates Act, Cap 16, to allow admission of law practitioners from the Republics of Rwanda and Burundi to the Roll of Advocates in Kenya. (ii) In its Report tabled in this House on 12th October 2021, the Committee agreed to the petitioners’ prayers that Parliament ought to legislate in the manner proposed in the Bill in question; and, (iii) The Bill was read a First Time on 10th November 2021 and is undergoing public participation, and the period for submission of memoranda opened on 11th and closed on 23rd November 2021. I can reasonably believe that the Committee might not have applied itself to the submissions made by the rest of the public and key stakeholders on the Bill, save for the submissions of the Office of the Attorney-General. In this regard, I hereby defer the business appearing under Order No. 19 to await the Speaker’s determination of the request by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs in light of Standing Order 140, which grants the Speaker the discretion to consider the merit of such a request before granting leave to withdraw a Bill. The House is accordingly guided. Next Order."
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