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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will just highlight a few laws whose amendments are of much more import to us here as Members of the Assembly. The Judicature Act seeks to be amended to clarify and bring to closure the debate on the retirement age of judges. The retirement age of judges under the Judicature Act is now set at 70 years. There is confusion that has arisen with judges appointed before the new Constitution and judges appointed after the new Constitution. That is what the amendment to the Judicature Act seeks to end. From now on, no judge, whether appointed under the new Constitution or the old Constitution, is going to be in doubt on their retirement age of 70 years. The judges were not saved when the Constitution was being written. All the judges now will retire at 70 years. The law suit that the judges brought to try and retire at 74 years that almost killed the Supreme Court is regrettable. This debate seeks to be settled by this House from now on. There are other amendments in the Judicial Service Act, especially allowing the senior most Supreme Court judge to act as the Chief Justice in the circumstances that affected the country when both the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice were not available to exercise the functions of the office. The senior most Supreme Court judge would then be appointed to serve as an acting Chief Justice with the functions of the Office of the Chief Justice. The Advocates Act seeks to be amended to protect clients whenever an advocate who has not attained or acquired a practising certificate is sought to be removed from the roll of the practising advocates. There are fairly minor amendments on the Insurance Act, the Auctioneers Act and the Income Tax Act relating to issues of wives’ employment, profession and employment income rate. The amendments are fairly minor, but we want to ask the Cabinet Secretary for the National The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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