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    "id": 436033,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so, I am saying this is not just about the legal practitioners. It is also about reducing the cost of business and for that reason, I really support the Cross Border Legal Practice Bill and the Report by the Committee. I remember my firm also did the concessioning agreement for the Kenya Railways Corporation and just before the agreement was to be put in action between the Member States, particularly Kenya and Uganda, there were issues of pre-concessioning agreement litigation. That is that though we did the agreement as a law firm and we would defend it better, the litigation arising from the side of Uganda was to be done by lawyers on that side. That became very difficult because we then we had to sit with lawyers briefing them on the pre-documentation negotiations which were under this agreement. So, this is very important. I know on the Kenyan side, we have permitted all lawyers praticising across East Africa to come to this side. There should, therefore, be no problem."
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