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    "id": 463642,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "tribunal was being made, then by publicizing that decision and the reasons thereof, then judicial notice will be taken that I have gotten the knowledge. But without providing for the reasonable time within which that act has be conducted, this particular provision is bound to be abused. Hon. Speaker, Sir, with the Chairman present, I would pray that Section 29 (9) is amended in a way that there is provision for reasonable time, may be, 14 days within which any tribunal must publish its decisions and the reasons thereof. Hon. Speaker, I appreciate this Bill because among other things that have punished Kenyans, especially when it comes to judgments and decisions of the courts, is when a body like Kenya Revenue Authority makes a decision against a person, then they do not have an option of getting a stay of the proceedings before their rights are addressed. Hon. Speaker, Section 18 of this Bill gives the Chairperson and the Tribunal the power to order a stay of execution. We refer to it as a stay of execution that affects the implementation of the decision of anybody before an appeal. Hon. Speaker, Sir, this Bill is good to the extent that it allows a person whose rights have been infringed to obtain a stay pending the hearing of an appeal before the Tribunal. We also find that the membership of the Tribunal is supposed to be between 15 to 20. They have included the 15 to 20 so that the Tribunal is able to sit because it is supposed to sit in panels of three. So, at any given time, you will have different panels sitting at particular places. To that level, I appreciate the number of persons that will be elected to this Tribunal, so that they are able to deal with matters expeditiously as envisaged in this Bill. Otherwise, this is a proper Bill and it gives Kenyans the opportunity also to settle matters out of court."
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