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    "id": 937734,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "Let me start by thanking several people who have walked with me in this journey. I wish to thank this House because we started this process with a sensitization breakfast courtesy of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Kenya (CIAK), where Senators learnt the different process of ADR. They were listed down for us to understand that mediation, conciliation, traditional justice systems are a part of what we call ADR. I also thank the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Kenneth Lusaka, for giving me this challenge. After the sensitization breakfast, he said that we should live on and do a Bill. I took up the challenge, and I am grateful that he saw the capacity in me to do so. I also thank the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Kenya, of which I serve as a Committee member in the branch, for being champions of ADR in the country and giving me the support to do what we are doing here today. I also want to thank the Attorney-General’s Office for giving me the encouragement and support, and also for facilitating some of the drafters who came from there when we started this process. Let me also thank the Nairobi Center for International Arbitration (NCIA) and the Judiciary because we started this journey together and they facilitated consultative meetings that led to the first draft of this Bill. Let me also thank the court-annexed mediation team; National Security Council (NSC) from the Judiciary, who run the court annexed mediation programme that has been very successful in the country. They have been rolling out quite effectively around the counties. This committee has been very instrumental in this journey, and I want to thank them very much for their support. I also want to thank the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), who have been a key organization that has really supported the Judiciary when it comes to matters of mediation, as well as all research towards alternative dispute resolution - and especially the traditional justice systems. In a very special way, I want to thank Dr. Charles Otieno, who was my consultant when it comes to matters legislation and policy. He was very instrumental in spearheading and guiding the process towards the policy and the legislation towards ADR. His commitment and the sacrifice that he gave to the process is absolutely commendable. I pray that God blesses him for what he has done for this purpose."
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