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    "id": 588634,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Kenta",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 420,
        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": "of geographical problems, preferential problems and social problems people might not access justice. People in this country will be assisted the moment we have mobile courts. We also have the establishment of the High Court Advisory Committee which allows them to co-opt any other person as a member. This is very important because we have always had an isolated court that was a kind of a no-go zone for ordinary people. However, now that we are establishing the Advisory High Court Committee, it will ensure that the court hears and knows what the feeling on the ground is. It is going to assist in bringing people closer to courts and demystify what the courts do and what they are. Hon. Speaker, Clause 26 is also very important. The introduction of an alternative dispute resolution is very important. We have found that we waste a lot of time every year. In fact, somebody said that cases can be delayed even through a litigant’s lifetime, especially when there is a very good lawyer who wants his client to benefit. If we look at it in this manner, I believe we should encourage that, and more so if there is an arbitration clause in any subject matter that comes to the High Court. We have seen that in an agreement there is an arbitration clause that somebody will still go to court first. This has always wasted the court’s time because it is referred back to arbitration. So, it will be a ping pong kind of game. It is very important that is done. Many Kenyans suffer because clerks and registry people are compromised to ensure that files do not appear before the judges. This has caused a lot of suffering. They do not get justice. Some quit because they cannot afford the litigation process. I believe that the moment you computerize the systems, that will end that problem. The files will not get lost. They will be accessible. That will save a lot on that."
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