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    "id": 735279,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Tom Joseph Kajwang'",
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    "content": "agreed to delete the amendments that he is proposing in part (iii) which include 1A and 1B. We will retain his proposal in parts (i) and (ii). I will explain shortly. The reason why I have been moving up and down is that I have been at pains to save young lawyers and particularly in-house lawyers. I am trying to save all the young people who are lawyers and are helping us in Bunge and those in corporations, authorities, the Office of the Attorney-General and wherever else they are. In the manner it was structured before, if a lawyer does not have the stamp of his head partner, that lawyer cannot even sign a small affidavit for his niece or aunt who is just passing by because nothing like that can be done without a stamp. That is one reason. Secondly, for Sam Chepkong’a and I, who has taken a sabbatical to do something for the Ruaraka people, an honourable task which is very thankless, if I do not apply for exemption, then it is professional misconduct. Somebody will take me to the disciplinary committee and my name will be removed from the roll. Advocacy is a skill and a business. I can choose today to close shop and then do something else. One day when the people of Ruaraka are tired of me, and I assume they will after they have elected me in the next Election, I will dust my books and go back to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. I should be able to exercise my practice. If I do not apply for exemption then it is professional misconduct and it is very dangerous. It is something which is beneficial to the old big firms at the expense of young lawyers who are starting their practice. If I have the consent of the Leader of the Majority Party, who is proposing those amendments, we can then retain his proposals in parts (i) and (ii) but delete his proposal in part (iii) because it has already been processed. I would be most obliged."
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