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    "id": 1201348,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "My colleague, Sen. Wakili Sigei, is misrepresenting the Address of the President. In paragraph 19 of the Presidents’ speech, he said that it is in this spirit that he will be seeking additional resources to support the bottom up scaling of justice and empowerment of the Judiciary to acquire capacity. The President said that Article 173(3) and (4) of the Constitution is very clear. I will read it because it is becoming irritable to keep on hearing things that might interfere with independent institutions. Judiciary is one core institution that we cannot gamble with. Article 173 (3) states that- ‘Each financial year, the Chief Registrar shall prepare estimates of expenditure for the following year and submit them to the National Assembly for approval.’ (4) On approval of the estimates by the National Assembly, the expenditure of the Judiciary shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund and the funds shall be paid directly into the Judiciary Fund.’ Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the intention of these articles are not to the point that the Executive shall initiate the request of any kind of funds to the Judiciary. Is it in order to endorse such statements as empowering the Executive to initiate any financial requests on behalf of the Judiciary? In the spirit of Article 160 of the Constitution, are we not starting to see a culture of interfering with the independence of the Judiciary?"
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