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    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have listened to very senior counsels here. I also had a chance yesterday - as the Chair of the Finance and Planning Committee - to listen to very many stakeholders who appeared before the Committee to bring their views with regards to this Bill. We listened to the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, the National Treasury, the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA), the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) and several others. We also had the privilege of having a very senior counsel from this very House who was my father’s lawyer, Hon. Olago Aluoch, also coming before the Committee. He made very strong arguments in support of these amendments. I just want to make two points. What exactly are lawyers supposed to report on, under these amendments? It is made to look like lawyers are supposed to report on every litigation commission they have with their clients. That is not the case. Lawyers under this amendment, are expected to report on transactional activities that are specified, which are not at the core of litigation; buying and selling of real estate, managing of clients’ money, security and other assets, management of banks savings or securities accounts, organisation of contributions for the creation operation or management of companies. Then there is the creation, operation and management of legal person’s arrangement, and buying and selling of business entities. 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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