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    "id": 462084,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 4 be amended- (a) in subclause (2) by deleting the words “At least” and substituting therefor the words “Not more than”; (b) in subclause (3)(b)(iii) by deleting the word “five” appearing immediately before the word “years” and substituting therefor the word “ten”. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair there are two things that will be affected there. Subclause 2 reads: “At least five members of the Tribunal appointed under Clause 1shall be advocates of the High Court of Kenya.” When my Committee met, it was agreed that we change from “At least” to “Not more than five” so that we do not have not more than five members as advocates of the High Court. This is so as we get people from other professions. We agreed in the Committee that tax issues usually extend beyond the legal parts. We have tax experts practising as accountants like myself. We also have businesspeople who practise as taxation experts. We said that we need to limit the number of lawyers so that we get other professions included as well. Secondly, we are also increasing the years of experience from five to ten years so that we get a Tribunal with more experience. Those are the two amendments I am proposing."
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