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    "id": 1319462,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": "I want to contribute specifically to the issues the President spoke about regarding the justice, law and order sector. Fundamentally, the Constitution of Kenya 2010 is very rights- and-freedoms centric. That is why the chapter on fundamental rights is among the most elaborate in our Constitution. I am happy the President touched on issues on fundamental rights, including political, civil, economic and social rights as demanded in our Constitution. One of the most important things the President spoke about was the appointment of the six judges of the Court of Appeal delayed by the former President. Under our Constitution, the president's role in the appointment of judges is largely ceremonial. Therefore, a president cannot purport not to appoint judges based on imaginary intelligence reports on integrity issues not put forth to the country. In reviving the economy, we also know that you require a very efficient Judiciary. Investors will not go to a country where the judicial system is not working - a country where commercial disputes cannot be resolved within time. The number of judges and judicial officers is very key to the concept of judicial efficiency. That is why we in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs applaud this House for increasing the Judiciary’s budget by Ksh3 billion when the President proclaimed that he would do so. I can confirm that more judicial officers have been hired because of that increase. More judges are currently being hired. You recall that we recently passed the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act that amended Section 7 of the Judicature Act to increase the number of judges of the Court of Appeal from 30 to 70 so that justice can be dispensed expeditiously. The country is on the right trajectory in our view. We request those who get funding from this House, including the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the Judiciary, to prudently expend those resources. Kenyans are concerned that members of the JSC appear to be living large. Reports that all members of the JSC are touring countries abroad and living luxuriously are not very pleasing. Even as we appropriate money to other arms of Government within the justice, law and order sector, such..."
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