Joseph Mburu Kahangara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Bill. We are all in agreement that justice has been denied to very many ordinary Kenyans for various reasons. One of the reasons is that the process has been very expensive. With the reforms that we are now seeing in the Judiciary, the introduction of the small claims courts will bring some relief to the ordinary Kenyans. Justice is going to be dispensed very fast and, of course, it is not going to be very expensive. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The area I am interested in is where we are saying that Kenyans can seek redress in the small claims courts because we have seen situations where police officers have been taking advantage when our people do not know where they are supposed to go and report some matters. Officers have been taking Kenyans to courts with all sorts of charges obtaining and those kinds of things. But we can now see an opportunity where Kenyans can go to court. Where the Bill says that the courts are going to be established mainly in all sub-counties, it means that our ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The courts are going to have a simplified way of filing. It can, sometimes, even be oral and in the language that is being used. The languages that are used in courts normally are not only out of reach in terms of understanding by the ordinary Kenyans, but even by learned people who are not lawyers. They do not understand them. So, when we say that even the local language can be used in trying to solve those matters, it means that our people will now have an opportunity of seeking redress. Those matters are going to be handled very ... view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: There is the issue of legal representation by lawyers. I support the idea considering that many Kenyans cannot afford to pay lawyers. But I also agree with Hon. Alice Wahome that, that may remove lawyers and introduce brokers because there is no proper description of the representation that we are talking about. In that case, any amendment brought to that effect is something we will support. 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. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I am also of the view that it is important to increase the pecuniary jurisdiction of the court from Kshs100,000 to, probably, something like Kshs500,000. That is because there are many matters that Kenyans will be seeking redress on, and which will be beyond Kshs100,000. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: When we say that this particular court is going to deal with persons and not companies, it means that we will have opportunities of having matters settled quite fast without interference, and without other cases coming up here and there and without the many adjournments that we have seen in many courts. view
• 13 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I am in support of this particular Bill because I believe it is an opportunity for Kenyans to seek justice or redress where they have not been able to do that. With that, I support the Bill. Thank you. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. This Bill gives jurisdiction to subordinate courts and also increases the monetary value or the pecuniary value of cases that the Magistrate Courts can hear. This means that we are getting services closer to our people. As it has been said, we do not have High Courts in our areas and most of these matters have been handled by the subordinate courts. However, there has been limitation on monetary value and people who had matters that they wanted to be handled by the courts were unable ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I want to support this Bill especially where it says that the Chief Magistrate may, from time to time by notice on the Kenya Gazette, revise the pecuniary limits. This means that it does not have to come back to this House to increase the limits. It can be done within the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) through the Chief Justice. This means that our people will get services closer to where they live. With that, I support the Bill. view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support the amendment by Hon. Sakaja. One thing that is coming out clearly is that the Bill is meant to establish the National Employment Authority. Since it has not been established, what Hon. Sakaja is saying is that if we go to the Senate at this particular stage it will mean that we remain as we are today, but if we pass the Bill, without necessarily going to the Senate, it will mean that we have already established the Authority. We can bring the amendment after the Authority is in existence ... view