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    "id": 855904,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/855904/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " I want to go on record. Even though I do not want to oppose the Chairman, the essence and the objective of this amendment in the Bill was to propose to amend the Act to include employees of accountants, advocates and notaries to fall within that reporting. The amendment will remove that. The amendment of the Chairman will remove advocates, notaries and other legal professions who are sole practitioners from being classified as designated financial business or professionals. That is to say that if I today want to say that I want to hide money, I just need to talk to my lawyer and give him one billion. How do we fight corruption in our country? How do we fight money laundering? If we can allow advocates to hold accounts that the Director General of the Financial Reporting Centre cannot access and question, is wrong. It is very sad. You know, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs is a lawyer. Many of his colleagues in the Committee are lawyers. This afternoon I have realised that this House is divided into different segments. There are those who will represent trade unions and those who defend legal professions. Maybe a day will come when I will also defend the camel breeders in this country. Let me go on record. If we have to fight corruption and join the President in the war against corruption, this amendment negates what Government, the EACC, the DPP, the DCI and the Financial Reporting Centre are doing. I want to challenge the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the Financial Reporting Centre. By having these amendment, make sure you follow the money that is moving around the country in the financial sector."
}