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    "id": 1060164,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060164/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Clause 60 of the Bill proposes to amend the Small Claims Courts Act, 2016 by providing for adjudication of these small claims by providing a 60-day timeline. If you look at the nature of claims that appear before the Small Claims Court, they directly impact Small and Medium Enterprises that have a value of below Kshs1 million yet we know that these SMEs have the capacity to generate employment, wealth and hence any roadblock we put on them kills that overarching objective. By providing a 60-day timeline, it would expedite the hearing of all these issues and give businesses some predictability with which to operate. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill has been looked at by various Committees. The Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC) was the overarching Committee that coordinated the process. We have had the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare; the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning; the Departmental Committee on Health; the Departmental Committee on Lands, although we have had to withdraw the lands date; and the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing. All these Committees have prepared their Reports. When you look at the recommendation of the individual Reports of these Committees and the consolidated outcome from the JLAC, they only have one issue. Unfortunately, the issue is on the Statutes that I withdrew. There is total agreement on the others that the Committee does not propose to make any amendments. It is one 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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