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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nderitu",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Waweru Nderitu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would also like to add my voice in support of this Bill, the Fair Administrative Action Bill, 2015. As my friend hon. Gakuya has ended, I know I am a land expert and he has talked a lot about the issue of land and I do not wish to repeat. Just in passing, I would like to mention the issue of fair administration of justice as far as the compulsory acquisition is concerned. To that extent, I have in mind the high transmission voltage line. This is the first project in my county where you find a firm like the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KENTRACO) transmitting high voltage lines that pass through various farms in my constituency. As politicians we are being forced to organize meetings for public participation because at the end of the day, the administrators in these organizations seem not to understand the seriousness of fairness in whatever they do to the community. You find very small issues like where the line passes and maybe you buried your relatives or parents there but to the administrator who is handling that issue, it becomes a land issue. As we debate this Bill, I am very sure that there are very key issues that have been ignored in our society that we should bring forth so that everybody feels that he is part and parcel of Kenya as we progress in developing this country. Yesterday, I was prosecuting an issue where some 27 Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) were denied bail when they went to court. Initially, when the matter went to court through the normal court they were given a bail of Kshs500,000 but the matter was referred back to the Court Martial and these gentlemen were denied bail on the assertion that they deserted work. When I tried to interrogate the case, there are very many other officers who had deserted jobs but whose cases were determined differently. These gentlemen felt that there was a bit of unfairness in the way their case was looked at. For them to get fair administration of their case it became almost impossible. So, with the introduction of this Bill, it very timely and some of the cases which have been drawing us back as far as administration of justice is concerned will be handled perfectly well. On this line as some colleagues have said, the issue of making discipline forces not to be part of the Bill also becomes a very big issue. Recently, I had a case of death due to an attack by an elephant in Laikipia. When we talk about that, people are crying for justice and fairness in the way these matters are handled, in terms of compensation. There is a clause that excludes these kinds of issues. Therefore, there is need that as we go to the Third Reading maybe we try and scrutinise this Bill line by line so that all the areas that we think can help our people are addressed. With those few remarks, I support."
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