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    "id": 1108999,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me thank the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for processing this Bill. We passed the Constitution in 2010. Within it, we said all judicial functions will be carried out by the Judiciary, thus moving all the tribunals to the Judiciary. So, this amendment is long overdue. The fact of the matter is that we want some judicial independence in decisions being made by such tribunals so that even if it is dealing with taxes, we do not want a tribunal which is under the Executive choosing who to favour and who not to favour; who to pursue and who not to pursue. With this Tribunal going to the Judiciary, there will be impartial dispute resolution on tax matters or tax appeals. This will be done in a timely manner to save monies which people will possibly be losing. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, while I appreciate the Leader of the Majority Party for introducing this particular Bill to the House to put this critical tribunal under the purview of the Judiciary, like other tribunals, may I request him to also look at the court system called Court Martial? Previously, that was a peer review mechanism. Despite our Constitution saying that Court Martial is one of the three subordinate courts that we have in this country, non-judicial officers still preside over Court Martial proceedings, and a person called “advocate” merely advises them as they make rulings. They decide as they want. We have many injustices still being purveyed at our court martial proceedings across the country. As we commend the Leader of the Majority Party, I would also request him to look at that as we support this one to progress to the next level. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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