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    "id": 696729,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/696729/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kang’ata",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1826,
        "legal_name": "Irungu Kang'ata",
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    "content": "I have a problem with those two clauses. Why? The operative words in those paragraphs is the “the status of senior counsel”. To me, this is discriminative to young advocates, young lawyers or even academicians who may not have that status of a senior counsel, but who can serve in the Kenya Law Reform Commission competently notwithstanding the lack of that status. The status of “senior counsel” is a legal term. We have a law which sets out how an advocate can be conferred that status. When you look at the procedure provided for under that law, you will see that only very old lawyers can benefit by being granted that status or people who have served as chairmen of the Law Society of Kenya. The point is that this is a very restricted title. Therefore, when you provide for it, you may miss out very crucial skills which may be employed in the Kenya Law Reform Commission. You may find that, for example, a professor of law who is not a senior counsel but who is very competent cannot serve in the Kenya Law Reform Commission."
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