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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "I agree absolutely, but what I am talking about is at the very core of the Bills. One of the Bills we have here talks about East African Community education. The reason I am saying this is because we have talked so much about EAC, but not so many people know about it. That is why we need to take time and have Members understand what it is about. All the Bills that I have risen to second, have talked about having a framework for making members of public, including Members of Parliament, know about regional integration, the continuum of the EAC federation process, from Free Trade Area (FTA) through the political federation to a union. That is why I just want to request Members to take keen interest in these matters; let Members be given time to understand this. The Bill on Cross border Legal Practice is very important. EAC is one of the most integrated regions in as far as legal practice is concerned; what this Bill does is that it makes it very easy to discipline lawyers as they practise regionally. As you know very well, even before the EAC came into force, we had lawyers practising in Dar es Salaam and Kampala; now they are able to practise in Bujumbura and Kigali. This Bill seeks to promote that. I agree with my Chairperson that if we were to pass this Bill, it will be very easy for any client to brief a lawyer in Kenya and that lawyer works for him in Uganda; he will be able to follow up, how that lawyer works for him and, where possible, ensure that in case of any issues of discipline the lawyer is handled as such. Legal training is a very important matter in this region if we are going to harmonize how we practise our law. We must ensure that those training lawyers across the region are able to get a forum, where they are able to set standards and say this is the 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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