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    "id": 643366,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kanyua",
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        "legal_name": "Priscilla Nyokabi Kanyua",
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    "content": "I have in the past, when I worked as Director at Kituo Cha Sheria, supported very much the Evictions Law. The country needs an evictions law. But whether it comes as a standalone or the eviction matters are dealt with in a law like the one we are dealing with is not the bigger question. The question will be that the country conducts its evictions in a humane manner. That it is, indeed, true that there are people who are going to be in the wrong piece of land and when as a last resort, as a result of a court order, there needs to be an eviction, it would be conducted in accordance with the law. So, if those provisions are in the Land Laws (Amendment) Bill, I am happy to support it because it deals with the question of eviction. It is not too much having legislation titled “Evictions”, but it is better to conduct evictions humanely in a manner supported by law. If this law supports that I support it. I also support the chapter on PSC appointments. This matter has come under intense deliberations since the advent of the Grand Coalition Government. The selection panels we had during the regime of the Grand Coalition Government were phenomena that arose out of the Post-Election Violence (PEV). We had the President and the Prime Minister. Because the levels of trust in the institutions were very low, it was felt that having a selection panel at every point of the journey was the better way to go. The new Constitution came to cure that. As a country, we are now required to continue investing in our public institutions. It is not in our interest to mistrust the PSC. There would be nothing wrong in the land commissioners, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) commissioners and every other person who wants to serve in the Republic of Kenya going through the PSC. The PSC would then grow the expertise, have 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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