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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "Office has received a Petition from Messrs Ephantus Nyaga Nyaga, Francis Nyaga Njeru, Elias Ireri and Isaiah Njiru Njeru of P.O. Box 56 Runyenjes calling for amendment to section 2 of the Civil Procedure Act and section 3 of the Law of Succession Act to allow a court to, within six months, appoint an administrator or legal representative where a party to a suit is deceased. In their Petition, Hon. Members, the petitioners argue that the current legal framework does not permit a person/a party to represent the estate of a deceased person unless he or she has received a grant of letters of administration whose timeline is currently not specified. The petitioners aver that this situation stalls progress on property disputes before courts following demise of the owner or administrator of an estate who is party to the case. Consequently, civil cases involving the deceased person’s property drag in courts perpetually after the sued or suing party fail to replace the deceased as legal administrator or fail to pursue legal remedy in the appointment of an administrator. Further, Hon. Members, the petitioners reveal that they are themselves victims of the aforementioned laws and are additionally aware of numerous families that are affected by the said legal bottlenecks. It is on this premise, Hon. Members, that the petitioners seek the intervention of this August House in amending the Civil Procedure Act and the Law of Succession Act to allow a court to, within six months, appoint an administrator or legal representative where a party to a suit is deceased. Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 227, this Petition, therefore, stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The Committee is requested to consider the Petition and report its findings to the House and to the petitioners in accordance with Standing Order 227(2). I thank you."
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