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    "id": 288411,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/288411/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, before the House rose last time, I was on my feet, looking at the state of legal education in our country and reminding hon. Members that at one time in this country, we had the Law Faculty at the University of Nairobi, which was the only one giving legal education at the time. Over time, we have had a proliferation of many other institutions that are offering law degrees, apart from the University of Nairobi. Given the plethora of institutions teaching law, there is need for effective control and supervision to ensure that the quality of legal education being provided is satisfactory. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was also a problem, in terms of separation of roles between the Council of Legal Education (CLE) and the Kenya School of Law (LSK). This has impacted on the performance of both institutions to regulate and train students at both institutions. The biggest challenge is the number of students that are currently seeking to pursue legal education at the tertiary level. This has meant that the facilities at the LSK to accommodate the large numbers of students were severely stretched. Therefore, this has been detrimental in terms of affecting the quality of education in these institutions. There has also been need for modernisation, in terms of curricula and legal training in these institutions. This is necessary in order for us to catch up with the challenges of the 21st Century. We need, as we reform all sectors of society, to see what can be done in terms of improving our institutions to uphold standards in legal training in our country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, due to the problems that were being experienced at that time, the Government, through a stakeholders’ forum that was convened by the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs then, hon. Kiraitu Murungi, appointed an inter-agency committee on development of a policy of legal framework for legal education and training in Kenya."
}