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    "content": "and any other order under the Constitution, without necessarily travelling to a High Court. In the case of coastal region, the High Court is in Mombasa. In other places, it is not easy to access High Court because you have to travel far and wide to get it. Part and parcel of this Bill is to ensure that justice goes all the way to where it should be. In other words, we want to see devolution of justice to the lowest possible cadre of judicial organs in this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have also provided that other organs other than quasi judicial organs - that would mean tribunals - will also be required even if they have rules, for example, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), of dealing with their workers and discipline, to comply with this law. This is the parent law. There was an issue about the Commission of Administrative Justice (CAJ). Under Section 55 of the CAJ Act, it is contemplated from the Constitution to CAJ that at some point, their term would lapse. They were worried that this law would either attempt to claw back on the powers that they have on administrative justice or alternatively, they said that we should give them some element of powers under Article 47, to be able to conduct fair administrative processes under this Bill. Our position at the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights is as follows. They have a specific mandate which would not include making them a court, but tribunal or any other form of an organ or judicial organ which would make a decision. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in Clause 5(2), the Bill proposes that nothing in this section shall limit the power of any person to challenge any administrative action or decision under the commission of administrative justice Act, 2011. Therefore, the persons The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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