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    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I said Section 2 has a relation to the other sections. It is just deletion of the words, “council” and “society”, and that is what I oppose. When you move to Sections 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, they are about the society. So, if you delete Section 2, it will affect retention of the others, which I am also opposed to. That is why I propose retention. I have reasons. Maybe Members are interested that I give reasons why I want to keep the society. One, the society was meant to be an umbrella body; a professional association for the members of the profession. It brings them together as members of the profession, similar to any other society in existence. It is important for us to note that this profession of counselling and psychology is fairly unique also. It is not a lesser one. When there was disaster at Westgate - we have had disasters all over - it is not easy to put together counsellors in this country because they are scattered across. For you to get counsellors together to attend to a particular disaster which requires them, you go to the society. It will be easier to mobilise them through a society where they are members. I would like the Leader of the Majority Party, who is my friend, to kindly bear with me on this one so that we can move together. I will support you elsewhere. It is give and take. The other one which is of importance is that the society is meant to harness the activities of the profession and complement what the board does by self-regulation, training in areas of progression within the profession and to ensure that members of the profession remain professional and registered. Also, this society will not cause an expenditure of public funds or incur expense from the Government. This is a members’ organization, which is to ensure that The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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