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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": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 13 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following subclause immediately after subclause (1)— (1A) For the purpose of effective hand-over, a judge shall report at the new duty station within three months from the date on which he or she was notified of the transfer. (1B) The Chief Justice shall take into account the level expertise and legal specialization in the deployment of judges under subsection (1)(b).” Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the import of this amendment is to ensure that a judge who has been transferred from one station to another is given adequate time to conclude their matters. We are proposing that whenever the Chief Justice (CJ) effects a transfer, he should take a minimum of, at least, three months from the date of the transfer to allow the person to complete all the matters that are part heard before that person. We have noted that in the Judiciary, transfers have been used as punishment. That if the CJ does not like the orders you have issued in that station, he can transfer you from say Kisumu to Mandera as a punishment. That should not be the objective of transfers. The objective of transfers is that if you have been in a station for too long, you may be over-familiar with the litigants in that station; you are transferred so that you maintain your integrity. 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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