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    "id": 617804,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/617804/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "This law is seeking to harmonise the provision of legal aid. There are several organisations that have been providing legal aid in this country; where I have worked, including CRADLE, Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya (FIDA), International Centre for Jurists (ICJ) and many other institutions. They provide different forms of aid. Some provide advice, some provide representation, others provide advocacy and others provide awareness. I am glad that the definition of legal aid in this Bill takes into account all that. It seeks to standardise issues of para-legalism. Even as we are offer training, you find somebody who has been trained as a para-legal for two days qualifies as a para-legal officer. Others train as para-legals for three years. You will find someone saying that he is qualified to offer some level of legal advice or representation and yet, he has only been trained for a day, while another person has undergone several months and years of training. Those are very different standards. I am glad this Bill will set standards."
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