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    "id": 588846,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "I am being intrigued at the inclusion of seduction of unmarried women or girls, but I will let that rest as it may for those who know more about these issues and how they end up here in the law. The issue of enticement or adultery with a married person is a common issue in communities and I think to the extent they will end up in courts is a great development because people will get access to such justice fairly quickly. In Clause 8, it is also great development to have issues relating to compensation for loss or damage suffered inconsequence of a violation, infringement, denial of a right or fundamental freedoms in the Bill of Rights. This is revolutionary. It is so important that the issue of these rights – and there are many rights – that are violated routinely and those who are affected have no recourse or knowledge of how to get the recourse, or even if they did, getting to where the courts have been is very prohibitive because of transportation and travel expenses. Counties are very wide in size. If I talk about Busia, for example, the distances are large between the ends of the county from the southern end where you have to go by road transport, as well as use a boat all the way to the northern end in Teso North. Hopefully, one magistrate court per county is only going to be a start so that, progressively, this can go down to the sub-counties. The responsibility of courts should not be so much geographic. They should be population-based. Subsequently, moving to sub-counties, even though it increases both initially the capital costs and later operating costs, should be the nature of justice. One county which is small is likely to have long queues and cases are likely to linger on in the courts for a long time. I would hope that, progressively, this will move down to the sub-counties so that it can become relevant. The differentiation should be demographic rather than geographical. You can use the administrative 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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