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"content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move that the Insurance (Motor Vehicle Third Party Risks) (Amendment) Bill, National Assembly, Bill No.6 of 2013, be now read a Second Time. This Bill came for the First Reading way back on 27th June, 2013. Pursuant to our Standing Orders, we did engage the stakeholders so that we also hear their views. When this Bill came to our Committee, we did engage the Association of Kenya Insurers, PricewaterhouseCoopers; which is an independent accounting firm, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya and the Law Society of Kenya. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to inform hon. Members that, this Bill seeks to amend Chapter 405 of our Laws. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Members of this House may well know that the accidents that are caused by vehicles with third party insurances, there is no formula for compensation. If you lose your hand or leg, it is not clear how compensation will be done. So, this is a very short Bill and it seeks to create certainty, that in the event of accidents and somebody dies or you lose your hand, eye or ear, there is a structured way of compensation. This Bill seeks to introduce what is called a structured compensation plan for third party accidents which may be caused by our motor vehicles. Therefore, in a very simple way I want the House to understand that this amendment seeks to introduce a schedule which shows that if somebody loses his or her hand, how much will be payable to that person. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I want to mention before I move to the other parts is that this Bill proposes to set a maximum of Kshs3 million as compensation. So, there is a ceiling of Kshs3 million and all other payments for any other loss have been given a percentage of this maximum ceiling. I want to refer Members to the schedule that has been proposed. The proposal is that we put percentages for every part of the body, in the event it is lost. For example, this Bill proposes that if somebody dies in an accident, then the compensation that has been put under this proposal is 100 per cent of the ceiling, which is actually Kshs3 million. If anybody dies then the maximum compensation that has been proposed is Kshs3 million. According to some quarters and what we heard from the other stakeholders, they said that it is not fair to pay Kshs3 million for everybody. However, that is for the House to decide at the right time when we come to the Third Reading. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to briefly take the House through the schedule so that it can appreciate what this Bill says. For example, if somebody becomes totally blind in an accident, he will be paid Kshs3 million as compensation. If there is partial blindness, there are respective percentages. It requires a professional in that area but I want to refer Members to the schedule that provides the percentages. It says for lack of vision affecting one eye, 30 to 10 degrees from the focal point, it is 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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