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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that there are land cases piling up, not only in the Kakamega Law Courts, but in many other courts in the Republic which cases have accumulated over the years. (b) It is a countrywide problem. (c) The following steps are being taken: 1. Review of the land laws is under progress. 2. The Expeditious Disposal of Cases Committee was established by the Chief Justice on 25th May, last year, with a mandate to develop techniques, measures and rules to achieve the expeditious determination of cases before the courts. 3. The Rules Committee established under Section 81 of the Civil Procedure Act has an objective to make, improve and simplify rules of civil procedure to improve access to justice at a cost-effective and affordable rate. The Judiciary is currently in the process of implementing a system of digital-audio reporting of court proceedings which will greatly increase the speed at which proceedings are recorded; thus eliminating the need for judicial officers to take down proceedings in longhand as is the practice now. 4. Additionally, computerisation of court registries, and training of the staff on the same, is ongoing with the assistance of the Governance Justice Law and Order Sector Reform Programme (GJLOS). This will lead to increased sufficiency in the processing of cases at the registries. 5. A proposed amendment in the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, now before the House, seeks to increase the number of Court of Appeal Judges from the current 11 to 14 and those of the High Court from the current 50 to 70. This move is expected to go a long way in bridging the existing gap that has greatly contributed to the backlog of cases countrywide."
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