13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to give the reasons for the amendment with regard to Section 7(2). It is proposed to give power to the Kenya School of Law to borrow monies and charge the property. The Committee felt that, that power should be subject to the approval by the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Finance. We do not want Kenya School of Law to mortgage their property and wake up one day to find their entire property has already been sold and they do not have a place for students to live.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Secondly, with regard to Section 14(4), we propose that, that section be completely deleted. It is proposing to give power to the School of Law to conduct all examination, including Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examinations (KCSE). There is no such power. They can only conduct examinations with regard to the subjects that they have and that power is already contained in Section 14. So, what they are trying to say is to conduct examinations with regard to KCSE and the rest. It does not make sense at all.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
As regards the Second Schedule, we propose that, that should also be deleted. What they were seeking to do is to lower the threshold for persons who will be admitted to the Kenya School of Law. There are already minimum requirements for a person to be admitted to do law in any university. So, they are seeking to reduce that so that anyone can join. Probably, if you obtained a D+ and you went and did law, you can be admitted. What we are saying is that, that is completely unacceptable. It is just like, for instance, in the banks ...
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended in the Schedule in the proposed amendments to the Legal Education Act, 2012 (No. 27 of 2012)- (i) by inserting the following new provision in its proper numerical sequence —
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
s. 4(5) Delete paragraph (a)of subsection (4) and substitute therefor the following new paragraph— “(a) the Chairperson appointed by the President, shall be a person with at least 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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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
fifteen years experience.”
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
(ii) by deleting the words “university, nominated by the” appearing in paragraph (g) and substitute therefor the words “public university, nominated by the public university” appearing in s.4 (5); (iii) by deleting the proposed amendment to s. 4(5) (i); (iv) by deleting the proposed amendment to s. 4(5) (j); (v) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after the proposed paragraph (j)- (k) one person who teaches law in private universities nominated by private universities.
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
(vi) by deleting the words “four” and substitute therefor the word “three” appearing in s.4 (9); (vii) by inserting the following new provision in its proper numerical sequence —
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13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly:
s. 8 (1) Insert the words “offered by legal education providers” immediately after the word “Kenya” appearing in paragraph (a).
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