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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I just want to make few general comments. Increasingly, what I see is that miscellaneous amendments are actually becoming a major process of making laws. I think we are losing out because the miscellaneous amendments are actually meant to do minor amendments which are correcting typing errors and words. We are making major changes in the law, particularly when it comes to this time and cycle of Parliament. Very few Members get to actually read through this very seriously. I, therefore, propose that when we have miscellaneous amendments, we should not just take the whole amendment Bill to one Committee of Parliament like the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. I think we should take various parts of the Bill to appropriate Committees so that each part is looked at in greater detail. In fact, if you were to look through, it needs enormous knowledge of the law to look at a whole miscellaneous amendment Bill. I think that is something we should adopt so that when we have the reports on each and every Act that is intended to be amended, you will actually have an enormous issue you are dealing with. There are some parts of this Bill that are acceptable and I think are making good improvement in our legal structure. However, there are some parts we will have to look at very carefully. Those are the parts that motivated me to think of the best way of looking at miscellaneous amendments. I repeat: Let each bit go to a different Committee and they will all bring us reports, however brief they may be. Members have made comments on the Advocates Act. It is not necessary to force the lawyers to pay for times when they are not practising. That is just common sense and I agree with that. I want to take this opportunity to also address another issue that, maybe, the lawyers can advise us on. There is an issue of LLB graduates whether from Kenya or from other countries. They get into the country and they want to practise as advocates. They must go through the Kenya School of Law. I have lived long enough to see the period taken in this institution 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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