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    "id": 587166,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are aware that a claim of Kshs20 million is not much for a Chief Magistrate. If we say that those cases go to the High Court, the effect of it is to continue congesting the High Court when those matters can be competently handled at the Chief Magistrate’s Court. I personally was of the view that a Chief Magistrate could even handle as much as Kshs40 million, but the Committee’s decision was Kshs20 million. When I was vouching for Kshs40 million, I was looking at real estate for instance. The houses and apartments in areas like Kileleshwa, Lavington and Westlands are going for about Kshs40 million. Land in Nyeri is much cheaper than that, but here in Nairobi, Kshs40 million would be in estates like Kileleshwa, Lavington or Westlands. An apartment in Kileleshwa which falls into a dispute should comfortably go to a Chief Magistrate’s Court and would have no reason to go to the High Court. But as far as the Committee is concerned now, we have accepted Kshs20 million for the Chief Magistrate."
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