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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am cognisant of the Standing Order where we are told not to repeat ourselves so much. I will try as much as I can to be done within three minutes. I stand to support this Bill. It has been said that it is going to avail justice in the fastest way. I remember when Hon. Keynan brought a Motion here in Parliament. He said that after our term in office we, as Members of Parliament, will not get employed. With this, we might get an opportunity to be adjudicators having had five years’ experience as lawmakers within Parliament. I will raise something in Clause 46. This Bill has given us an opportunity that as much as the adjudicators are in office, they should work within the confines of the law, rules and regulations that have put them in office. It has strictly indicated the process of removal if they do not match up to expectation. That is an added advantage in this Bill that as much as the adjudicators will be there, they can also be removed from office. The second thing is a little bit questionable and in Third Reading we will look at it. This court, under Clause 43, can set aside its orders that it has given earlier. I do not know whether in law it is possible that a court can make a decision and after some time, either through an appeal or something else, set aside a decision it had already made. These are issues we need to look at and bring some amendments in the Third Reading to try and resolve them. The limit which has been prescribed at Kshs100,000 is in line as indicated by Hon. Speaker. Clause 31 is on consolidation of claims. Throughout this Bill, we have indicated that this cannot exceed Kshs100,000 but, if you have to consolidate cases that go beyond the Kshs100,000, then again it must be very specific that consolidation of cases must be within the limits that have been set in this Bill. So, again, we need to be very careful. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am being harassed that I need not say so much. I agree that this Bill is in line with the Constitution as it has been indicated. We want to fasten the process of establishing the court so that we can have timely and conclusive determination of cases. I do not know how possible it is within the three days. We hope that within three days these things will have been sorted out and a judgement reached. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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