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    "id": 1087381,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1087381/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Langat",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13189,
        "legal_name": "Christopher Andrew Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me a chance to add my voice on this very important Statement from Sen. Cheruiyot who is my neighbor from Kericho. The closure of the Kericho Law Courts has affected the southern part of Rift Valley. This court has been serving Bomet and some parts of Kisii. Closure of this particular institution is closing justice to the people of the South Rift. As a result of the closure, people who committed petty offences are rotting in police custody. Some of them are not guilty but they have stayed in police custody for months. Some have stayed there up to even nine months, suffering because they do not have money to hire advocates to bail them out. This has created many problems. Just imagine such a situation during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic; they are really depressed and suffering. This closure has really affected our people in the South Rift. Justice delayed is justice denied. This law court should be opened with immediate effect so that it may serve people in that particular region. I support this Statement and I want to say that the Committee that will take over this matter should handle it with a lot of speed to make sure that justice is given to the people of Kericho and the South Rift."
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