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    "id": 1072347,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Temporary Speaker",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Dr.) Lelegwe): Hon. Senators, I hereby report to the Senate that a petition has been submitted, through the Clerk, by Kevin Ndoho Macharia, a citizen of the Republic of Kenya. As you are aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution, and I quote: - “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in the said Petition are: - i That, there has allegedly been great difficulty in mention/hearing dates before courts during the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic; ii That, many matters with mention/hearing dates fail to be listed in the cause list to the great injury of advocates’ reputation as a profession when clients who rely on court diaries find out that their matters were postponed yet in some instances the said clients have travelled from far off places and their matters have lasted over many years without completion; iii That, many certificates of urgency applications to the courts are allegedly delayed and take three to four dates to get any feedback on the outcome; iv That, obtaining certified and scanned copies of typed court proceedings is allegedly difficult; v That owing to the requirement of fidelity to the reduction of oral evidence into typed text and for court reporters to take oath to uphold the rule of law, there is need for court reporters to have trained and certified court reporters. There is need to thus set aside resources to train court reporters and to re-engineer the mission of the national council for law reporting to provide the greatly needed trained and certified personnel; and vi That there is need for more resources to be allocated to the function of administration and access of justice to resolve the issues currently being faced. The Petitioner, therefore, prays that- i. The Senate investigates into the issues and provides solutions with set timelines; ii. Reviews the Civil Procedure Act and the National Council for Law Reporting Act, with a view to delivering access to justice and remediating the delays and frustrations citizens are facing; and, iii. Enacts a Court Reporters Act."
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