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    "id": 205067,
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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I am moving the amendment on behalf of the Committee. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the provisions relating to the Advocates Act be amended - (a) by deleting the proposed amendment to Section 25(3) and substituting therefor the following - Delete and substitute therefor the following new subsection- \"(3) The Council of the Society shall make representations or submit a recommendation to the Registrar with respect to any application made under this section, and any such representations or recommendations shall be taken into account by the Registrar and shall be absolutely privileged\". (b) By inserting the following amendment in proper numerical sequence:- s.81 Insert the following Subsection immediately after Subsection (2)- \"(3) No rule made under this section shall require an advocate who is a member of the National Assembly or the Speaker and who holds a practising certificate to undergo continuing legal education during his tenure as such member or as the Speaker\". Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is proposed to allow the Council of the Law Society of Kenya to have the mandate on matters relating to giving practising certificates for advocates, and the Registrar only to have administrative powers. Further, our amendments are also proposing to exempt Members of Parliament who are advocates, as well as the Speaker, from the requirement of the Law Society to keep on attending seminars because actually, what we do here in this House is to make laws. Therefore, we spend our time making laws and, therefore, we should not be required to go for those seminars in order to get our certificates. That is the rationale for these amendments."
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