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    "id": 588712,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Otucho",
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        "legal_name": "Mary Emaase Otuch",
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    "content": "shall be headed by the presiding judge, that there shall be judges and a Deputy Registrar who will be in charge of administration. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will randomly contribute to a number of clauses in the Bill. I will start with Clause 26 which speaks to dispute resolution. This will help decongest courts and prisons. Some of the issues are so petty; they are issues that can be resolved outside the court. By providing the alternative option in dispute resolution, I am sure most of the cases will be solved outside court and we will release Kenyan citizens to contribute towards developing this country instead of languishing in prisons over small issues that would have been better solved outside court. I would also like to contribute to the point on access to justice. Clause 12 speaks to this, and it is good in the sense that it provides a timeframe within which a matter must be concluded. As it has already been said, “justice delayed is justice denied”. In this country, there are sub- counties or constituencies that are the size of a county and courts are so far that Kenyans have to wait for so long to get justice. Having worked in the Judiciary - I am a product of the Judiciary – I know that we used to have mobile courts and judges had to travel to areas like the North Eastern, Mandera and Isiolo where my friend Hon. (Ms.) T.G. Galgalo, comes from. I remember having gone to Turkana. This Bill should ensure that a court is established in every county, and that Kenyans everywhere can access justice. I would also like to support the proposal by Hon. Lomenen that in future, going forward, we should have a court in every sub-county. I am lucky I have a High Court in Busia County but it serves the whole county, and only people who are near the county will easily access services; people from Amukura or Kwangamur might have to travel all the way to Bungoma to seek justice. If I had a court at the sub-county of Amukura, I think the people of Teso South would be more proud and feel that this country is doing some justice to them."
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