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    "id": 335910,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/335910/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, let me add my voice to this from a practical perspective because I have also had occasion to be involved in a disciplinary matter severally touching on university students. One particular experience turns out when students from the United States International University (USIU) in Nairobi had an issue with the administration. They sought my counsel and representation. It was quite a nasty experience to even get the university to appreciate that they could allow these students to seek advice without necessarily the attorney attending the actual hearing. That notwithstanding, I concur with the senior counsel, Mutula as well as the Attorney- General that legal counsel and legal presentation is now a constitutional entitlement. It is an entitlement that would be a nullity ab initio. It would actually be an exercise in futility for any statute to attempt in any manner to restrict or cartel the enjoyment of the right to legal representation."
}