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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "Order, Members! Those of you standing, please, take your seats. Hon. Members, you will recall that during the Afternoon Sitting of the House on Thursday, 25th November 2021, the First Chairperson of Committees did report to this House that my Office was in receipt of a letter from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs seeking leave of the Speaker to withdraw the Advocates (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.43 of 2021) pursuant to Standing Order 140. In her guidance to the House, the First Chairperson of Committees did remind the House that the said Bill had been published and introduced in the House under the sponsorship of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, following the admission of the prayers sought by Mr. George Njenga Mwaniki and 12 others, through Public Petition No.20 of 2021, which sought “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.” Hon. Members, you may further recall that the First Chairperson did clarify to the House that the application of Standing Order 140 is subject to the discretion of the Speaker, who must weigh the merit or otherwise of a request for leave to withdraw a Bill. Accordingly, she deferred commencement of Second Reading of the Bill in question to await the Speaker’s determination of the request by the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for leave to withdraw the Bill. 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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