{"id":1200783,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1200783/?format=json","text_counter":186,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mathare, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Anthony Oluoch","speaker":null,"content":"I also want to speak on the issue of the independence of the Judiciary. I was in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs as well as the Select Committee on Implementation of the Constitution in the last Parliament. I support the President in terms of the Judiciary Fund, which he promised would be put in place. I also thank him that within the first few days, he swore in the judges who had not been sworn in. Those are good gestures, but I want to pose a question as to whether behind those good gestures, there is an attempt to do what we call a capture of the Judiciary in the same manner that we complain about Executive capture. Both are wrong. If the Judiciary gets into bed with the Executive, I will quote 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."}