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    "id": 590292,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) F. I. Ali",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13152,
        "legal_name": "Fatuma Ibrahim Ali",
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    "content": "I like the issue of the adjudicator who will help in adjudication of the claims but I have a personal concern. The adjudicator should not be a lawyer or an advocate. It should include other professions, men and women in those localities who understand the small claims. I see councils of elders consisting mostly of men but do not include women in their leadership. So, when we are looking for an adjudicator, we should expand that opportunity to include other professionals such as teachers, local clerks and others. It should also include women who understand small problems in those localities. He should not be an advocate of the High Court because they are already magistrates and court clerks who are already familiar with the legal language and the law. The adjudicator should be a non-lawyer but a qualified social scientist who understands local issues like the small claims. He should be a qualified social scientist who understands local issues, small claims and case dynamics, and who can easily fit into the system. I am really worried when you talk about an advocate because my area has very few lawyers who can go and work in Wajir, Mandera, Moyale and Marsabit, and in other far-flung areas. What I really admire about this Bill is the provision that the proposed courts should be devolved to the sub-county level as well as to lower levels of the decentralised units like the wards. I assume that the wards 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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