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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is only that there were a number of legal technicalities that I thought I should point out. However, I appreciate that Members are able to respond to the issues that I have raised. Therefore, the issues that we propose to be amended, in summary, under the East African Community Cross Border Legal Practice Bill, 2014, are on definitions as I have stated under the register; each partner State should maintain its own register. We have also proposed that Clause 4(2)(a), after consultations, be amended to ensure gender parity. I believe all of us understand why that has to be. The other issue that I would like to highlight is on the seat of the Secretary of the East African Law Council. It is the Committee’s opinion that this seat should not be held by the East African Court of Justice; the Secretary of the Council should be appointed through a proper process. The other amendment that we have proposed is replacing the words “as prescribed under Section 4(3)”. The justification is that the Secretary-General should be competitively recruited. The other issue is that the funds that are supposed to run the East African Law Council should come from the East African Community Budget. In as far as the East African Community Co-operative Societies Bill is concerned, we propose amendments to various provisions in the Bill, especially in the definition of the word “persons” to replace it with the words “members of a society”. The justification is that the Kenyan law currently prohibits SACCOs from dealing with non-members; thus the issue of selling shares to other persons does not arise. There are several other amendments to that Bill and justifications have been provided. The only one that I would like to pick out is the proposed amendment to Clause 12(1)(c). We propose that Clause 12(1)(c) of the Bill be amended by inserting the words “if eligible” after the word “elected”. The justification is that in line with the standards of leadership expected, a society is entitled to prescribe conditions for eligibility to seek office. There are other definitions that we seek to amend. I pray that Members look at them. Under the East African Community Integration (Education) Bill, the Committee proposes the following amendment. The word “unit” should mean the civic education unit established under Section 4 of this Act. A proper curriculum should be developed for civic education by relevant institutions in the partner States. We were particularly concerned about the title of the Bill, which reads “East African Community Integration (Education) Bill, 2014”. The Committee felt that it is important that that title is amended. This Bill does not particularly deal with education, so to speak; it deals with civic education within the partner States. Therefore, the Committee 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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