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    "id": 1334466,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kilifi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Owen Baya",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I stand to second the Bill. This Bill is being read for the Second Time. As is normal with miscellaneous or statutory law amendments, it contains several pieces of legislation that would like to amend certain provisions that are just specific for a short item within it. That is why we may move the Bill. In this Bill, the Oath and Statutory Declarations Act is being amended. The reason for amending it is to provide that an advocate who has been appointed as a commissioner of oaths shall sign the roll kept by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary and that the registrar or deputy registrar of a superior or subordinate court may administer an oath or affirmation under the Act. That is what this Bill seeks to do. This Bill seeks to amend the Advocates Act to provide that the person responsible for keeping the roll of advocates shall be the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary. Also, the Bill proposes to amend that Act to provide that the Council of the Law Society may, with the approval of the Chief Justice, make rules for admission of advocates. In the same Bill, there is the Notaries Public Act. The Bill proposes to amend the Notaries Public Act, to provide that the Registrar of the Judiciary, shall be responsible for enrolling notaries public in the book kept for the purpose, granting new certificates to newly enrolled notaries public and removing from the roll any person whose appointment as a notary public has been revoked under the Act. The Bill proposes to amend the Civil Procedures Act (Cap.21) to provide that the members nominated by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and appointed by the Chief Justice shall be three in number. This is intended to improve decision making within the Rules Committee and reduce the cost of facilitating its work. In this Bill, the Public Holidays Act (Cap 110) is being amended to delete the provision for Utamaduni Day, as a public holiday. The Bill also proposes to amend the Trustees 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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