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"content": "complaints against Judiciary on a continuous basis. Four, the existing vacant positions for the Judicial officers be filled through a competitive transparent process. Five, the commissionersâ oversight be recruited through a competitive and transparent process to deal with cases over five years. The Judicature Act be amended to increase the number of Court of Appeal Judges to 30 and that of High Court Judges to 120. Mr. Speaker, Sir, performance management incorporating performance appraisal of individual Judicial Officers and staff and performance evaluation of systems and processes of the entire Judiciary as a whole to be introduced. Peer review mechanism to be institutionalized in all courts, stations and regions. The Judicial Service Commission should be restructured and expanded to include representation from the Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association; the Law Society of Kenya and the private sector. The task force has been expanded to be more representative and urged to complete its work expeditiously. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on police reforms, the hon. Members are aware that the report of the National Task Force on Police Reforms was recently released. It has proposed far reaching and progressive reforms in the delivery of police services to the citizens of this country. When fully implemented, these reforms will transform the police institution from one associated with corruption, incompetence and brutality to one that exemplifies excellence, integrity and service to the people. The Government is now setting up a committee that will supervise the implementation of the report. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on past injustices, we are agreed that a country that has historically experienced and undergone institutionalized repression and dictatorship cannot succeed in all the reforms mentioned above, if it fails to come to terms with its past. For that reason, the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation process is in place. Although credible doubts have been raised by Kenyans regarding aspects of the law that set it up as well as its composition, I urge fellow Kenyans not to throw out this baby with the basin. However, I will encourage vigorous debates, vigilance and scrutiny, if only to ensure that the object for which Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) was established are met. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to Post-Election Violence (PEV), on 5th November, 2009, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, held a meeting with the President and the Prime Minister to deliberate ways of dealing with the PEV suspects. The Government undertook to co-operate fully with the ICC in the discharge of the mandate given by the Rome Statute. On 26th November, 2009, Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo filed a request for the pre-trial charges at The Hague, for an authorization to begin investigations in the PEV in Kenya. Mr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that his office is ready to conduct extensive, independent investigations, stretching beyond the Waki list of suspects, and we are committed to co-operate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, on the completion of the constitutional review process, the issue that underpins all our hopes is the constitutional review process. The foundation of any nation is the quality of its constitution, laws and institutions. Yet without a good constitution that guarantees and protects the rights and freedoms of citizens, no leader or institution can fulfill the aspirations of the nation. A country requires a functioning and responsive constitution to develop and meet the basic needs of its people. Therefore, we have reached a defining moment in our history. This is a constitutional moment. We can either squander this historical opportunity or marshal it"
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