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    "id": 491775,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
        "slug": "ekwee-ethuro"
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    "content": " Order, Senators! I also have a Petition made to the Senate on behalf of Mr. Wachira Kariuki Musa. The Petition is concerning the unfair, discriminatory and unconstitutional treatment of Mr. Wachira Kariuki Musa by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). I read as he has presented:- I, the undersigned, Wachira Kariuki Musa, a citizen of Kenya and a resident in Nairobi’s Umoja Estate, draws the attention of the Senate to the following: (i) that the ICPAK as a total regulator of accountants in Kenya has duly and unfairly discriminates against holders of foreign accountancy qualifications; (ii) that I am a holder of such qualification from the Institute of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom; (iii) that as per the Accountants Act of 2008, holders of such qualifications are required to have knowledge of local tax and the law; (iv) that I have knowledge of local tax and the law and obtained such after attending a three year technical diploma in accountancy course at the Mombasa Polytechnic, now Technical University of Mombasa, which was examined by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC); and, (v) that I also have practical knowledge of both local tax and law, having worked in four different external audit firms in the last 16 years. I hereby confirm:- (i) that I have brought to the attention of the institute the above facts; (ii) that in a meeting held in September 2013 with the institute, they asked me to pay the requisite registration fee, apply for an exemption from the requirement to resit local tax and law examinations and thereafter apply for registration; (iii) that I did pay the requisite fees and applied for an exemption so that I can be duly registered as an accountant allowed to practice in Kenya; and, (iv) that they have refused to enter my name in the register of accountants in Kenya and have thus consequently denied me a constitutional right to gain economically from my academic qualifications. I hereby confirm that the issues in respect of which the Petition is made are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or legal body. Wherefore your humble petitioner prays that the Senate:- (1) considers and resolves the matter and commends to the regulatory institute as a formation to enter my name into the register of accountants in Kenya, and;"
}