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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You notice you have just had a Small Claims Court right therein. This is a progressive Bill. Clause 34 speaks volumes on this Bill because it says the matters should be dealt with expeditiously and, hopefully, they should be finished within a day. If we are dealing with small issues and small claims, there cannot be a better progressive clause as Clause 34. I would be speaking to the Bill chronologically but I am running out of time, and I do not intend to contribute to this debate after the close of business. There is an inclusion of Clause 18 in this Bill. I have listened to some of my colleagues speak to the fact that the inclusion of an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in this particular Bill is a positive move. I think that cannot be true. If at all we want to work on a regime of alternative dispute resolution, that ought to be in a Bill of its own that is distinct and clear because alternative dispute resolution mechanism has been used to deal with serious claims, and not just small claims. Therefore, the inclusion of Clause 18 in this Bill takes away the whole meat of what alternative dispute resolution is all about. It narrows the path and purview of what alternative dispute resolution is about. Regarding the issue of making justice accessible through establishment of small claims courts, there has been a lot of attempt to have a lot of procedure in this particular Bill. If Clause 34 makes my reference point, then you would not want to deal with issues of procedure where it talks about how to file a claim, especially as described in Clause 23. It makes--- 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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