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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Committee considerations, but that did not happen. I am happy with the rcommendations of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that possibly within the context of the directorates being created in the leadership and the structure of the society, we must have one of those directorates dealing with the specific issue of legislation, so that we can have somebody at the society interacting with this Parliament on the various laws that we are dealing with. We had a difficult situation before the recess and you will remember we were faced with what was termed as the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, a document which was running to so many pages, seeking to repeal, in a substantive way, over 49 pieces of legislation. It surprised every Kenyan, but the LSK never came out strongly to confirm to the nation whether the matters which were sought to be treated in that Bill were matters that could be treated in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. So, I am happy that amongst the proposals that the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs is proposing is that within the directorates being proposed, we have a directorate also dealing with issues of legislation, so that we can keep tabs on all the laws that we need to deal with and consistently deal with them. Lastly, under our new constitutional regime, we have devolution as an ideal of governance that we have entrenched. Of course, the LSK is also growing across the country. I remember in the Budget that we passed last year, we granted the Judiciary over Kshs16 billion, so that we can have High Court buildings across the country. There is a reason for that. If we are going to have High Court buildings across the country, the membership of the society is also revolving. We are saying that there is need also to create as many branches as possible, so that legal services can be properly devolved and the leadership of the society taking people forward can also be entrenched. So, I would ask the Members that we support this Bill with the recommendations being proposed by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. I beg to support. Thank you so much for the opportunity."
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