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    "id": 587193,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/587193/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "It is also important to note and to appreciate the Committee’s debate and discussion on the pecuniary low jurisdiction that the magistrates have been given. I concur with Hon. Nyokabi that, indeed, there would be need to revise this upwards because of the nature of the disputes that we have today. However, I note that the Bill actually provides in Part II Section VII (2) that the Chief Justice, from time to time by notice in the Kenya Gazette, may revise the pecuniary limits of jurisdiction set out in the previous sub-section, taking into account inflation and change in prevailing economic conditions. I hope that the Chief Justice will get the required advice to make such decisions so that we do not have to keep on doing it through amendment. That provision is good. The base limits that have been set at Kshs7 million for the Chief Magistrate, Kshs5million for the Senior Principal Magistrate, Kshs4 million for the Principal Magistrate, Kshs3 million for a Senior Resident Magistrate and Kshs2 million for a Resident Magistrate who is basically fresh from training are okay. This is able to address a lot of matters that are taken to the high courts. These are amounts that you may not say would warrant them to be taken to such a level in the hierarchy of our courts in this country. 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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