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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause immediately after clause 22 ─ Amendment of 23. Section 26 of the Environment and Land Court Act is section 26 of Cap. 12A amended by inserting the following subsections immediately after subsection (2)— “(3) The Chief Justice may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint certain magistrates to preside over cases involving employment and labour relations in respect of any area of the country. (4) Appeals on matters from the designated magistrate’s courts shall lie with the Court.” What we are seeking is to amend Section 26 of Cap. 12 A; that is the Environment and Land Court Act, which gives jurisdiction to the High Court. What we are seeking to do is to introduce a court that has already been prescribed in the Constitution - that is the Environment and Land Court - to have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters related to environment and land, as contained in that legislation. So, it is purely to change the term “High Court” to “Environment and Land Court” which is now prescribed under the new Constitution. Therefore, we are just changing the name of the court. Thank you."
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