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    "id": 1082771,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "There are still other Members who have not yet settled. You have to remain standing. Hon. Members, Standing Order No.225(2)(b) requires the Speaker to report to the House any petition other than those presented by an Hon. Member. Further, Article 119 of the Constitution provides for the right of any person to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including petitioning the House to enact, amend or repeal any legislation. In this regard, Hon. Members, I wish to report to the House that my office has received a Petition from one Kevin Ndoho Macharia, who is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, calling for implementation of various interventions aimed at streamlining access to justice during the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. Hon. Members, the petitioner states that the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and other administrative bottlenecks are stifling proper administration of justice, occasioning tremendous difficulty in obtaining mention or hearing dates before courts, delays in obtaining outcomes on certificates of urgency application, failure to cause list matters having mention or hearing dates, difficulties in securing certified typed proceedings, among other challenges. In a bid to address these frustrations, Hon. Members, the petitioner proposes, among others, the following interventions: (i) amendment to the Civil Procedure Act to provide for the utilisation of automated systems for fixing of court dates, automatic scheduling of court dates on a cause list once dates are issued, and to provide for a time limit of four hours for determination of applications filed under certificates of urgency; (ii) amendment to the National Council for Law Reporting Act to re-engineer the mission of the Kenya Law; and (iii) the enactment of the Court Reporters Act to secure provision of trained and certified court reporters to instill professionalism in management of typing and recording of court proceedings. 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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