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    "id": 483192,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "First, we are seeking to amend Section 4(5) (a). In that amendment, we are seeking to cure an anomaly that was contained in the Act in which it stated as follows:- “The Attorney-General will appoint the Chair of the Council while the Attorney- General himself is a member of the Council. So, there is no way you, as a member of the Council sitting as a member, you can wear a different hat and decide to appoint a Chair. That is an anomaly. So, what we have provided is that the Chair of the Council shall be appointed by the President and must have 15 years experience. What had been provided earlier was that the Chair of the Council must be a senior counsel. Again, we know that senior counsels are very few. So, to restrict it to a club of a few people to the exclusion of other advocates who have been admitted and are practicing would be totally unfair and that was the unanimous decision of the Committee."
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