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    "content": "we have here in Parliament. After your ten minutes, your microphone is off, whether you have finished or not is your problem. You are supposed to have put in your case. As a result, even a major constitutional case like that one was resolved within a period of less than a week. We want to send a message from this Parliament that the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya needs to modernize the courts. It is not enough to say that he does not have facilities. There are things that you can agree on. There are rules that he can set under this particular provision. He should set up clear rules, so that we have a proper and functioning system for disposal of court cases. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, today, you will find advocates taking two hours to do their submissions in courts. A hearing in court takes a whole day and yet there is the option of written submission and using technology. We find an advocate shouting himself hoarse and yet there is an option of using technology. We want this particular provision to be utilized by the Chief Justice and bring in proper rules, so that the court system can start functioning well in this country. There is absolutely no reason you cannot make your points in ten minutes. Here in Parliament, we are able to move Motions, debate and do certain things within a period of ten minutes. Here we are dealing with national matters. There is no reason why in a case that is dealing with particular individuals in a civil or criminal suit cannot be disposed of in ten or fifteen minutes. We are sending a message from this Parliament that the Chief Justice needs to make serious rules on what needs to be done. Otherwise, I would want to support most parts of this Bill. I also support some of the amendments which have been proposed. I would beg and urge the Attorney-General to really consider the things that we have raised here, so that we do not fight in the Third Reading Stage. He should really consider removing those parts. He can actually bring back these things at a later stage, so that we do not have to throw out this Bill."
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