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    "id": 587862,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Tong’i",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2611,
        "legal_name": "Richard Nyagaka Tongi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill will also address the dissemination of services to the farthest parts of Kenya. There are many parts of Kenya where courts and court services are not accessible. I think having this Bill in place will help people access courts where their concerns and issues of law will be handled in a more civilized way. The other day, I saw a video clip where a magistrate was conducting a court session under a tree. For once, I thought about the safety of that magistrate. What would happen if the family members of the aggrieved party came and started “working” on the magistrate and his team? What proper plan, or security measures, is there to protect the magistrate and the people concerned? This Bill comes in handy to address these concerns. We all agree it is time that Kenya matched the international standards by modernizing our courts. The courts in Kenya that were constructed by the colonial masters have not been improved, and there is need to improve and make them more techno-savvy and usable, so that people in any part of the country can retrieve information without having to be told that files are lost. This Bill will go a long way in addressing that concern. There is huge congestion in courts. Not long ago Kenyans witnessed one of the most interesting cases that started when I was barely six years, the Koinange’s case. Now 35 years later when I am turning 41 years is when courts are concluding it. I would want to imagine of a case where there is somebody who was to benefit from those resources, that is the over Kshs17 million. You will agree with me that family members have gone through pain. Major beneficiaries of that process have been the lawyers. We are not saying they should not, but there should be a humane way of doing it. Part of the reason why that case has taken 35 years to be concluded is because we did not have the capacity and enough infrastructure to address many cases, hence the delay. This Bill is going to help Kenyans address their concerns and grievances in a more civilized way, and will not experience what we experienced in the year 2007/2008, when Kenyans took it upon themselves to address their grievances by killing each other. We know this Bill will give us a chance to do things in a more modern way through the court system. At some point, we have to get a way of encouraging our neighbours, more so Tanzanians, to use these kinds of laws. As a human being and a law maker, I find it so difficult to understand how one can be in police custody for a period of three years without trial. If Don Bosco is a criminal---"
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