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    "id": 1278857,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1278857/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Taveta, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Bwire",
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    "content": " Thank you. I have had the privilege of going through the Amendment Bill prepared by the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs under the leadership of our senior colleague, Hon. Murugara. I appreciate the substantial part of the Bill. However, allow me to pick one item in this Bill that I sincerely have a challenge with. Hon. Temporary Speaker, since 2019, we have been having a serious debate as to whether we should lift the advocate-client confidentiality clause - that is, the rule of privilege. It has been in court for quite some time. What has been proposed as an amendment in this Bill is that now advocates do not have an obligation to report but their supervisory body, which is the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), can direct an advocate to disclose certain information about a client. I must appreciate that there is some significant change from the old provision."
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