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    "id": 902048,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we know we already have another Act of Parliament called “the National Government Coordination Act” which recognises the 47 counties. However, this one is talking about districts and provinces. We no longer have provinces in this country. So, my concern is that the amendments before this House touch only on one aspect of the regulations; they do not talk about removing districts and provinces and renaming them. I am happy that the committee responsible said that it is going to withdraw this particular amendment. On the amendment to the Kenya School of Law and Legal Education Act, I agree with the Hon. Members who have spoken before me – that, we have a serious problem that needs to be looked at. We have seen mass failures at the Kenya School of Law and we have been wondering where the problem is. It is time to open up the opportunity to other institutions. They should be licensed to offer courses to prepare students for admission to the Bar, so that we do not have only one institution that has a monopoly to offer the courses. We want competition so that if they are not able to offer good education, its competitors will be able to offer it. I support this amendment. However, I disagree with them because it is important to clearly define who does what. Sometimes you find the Kenya School of Law dealing with issues of examinations that are supposed to be dealt with by the Council of Legal Education under the Council of Legal Education Act. So, we need further refinement of these two laws. It will be better for the Kenya School of Law Act, and the Council of Legal Education Act, to be condensed into one law so that we have one comprehensive law that deals with issues of licensing and bar examinations. 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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