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    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi West, MCCP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Like our colleagues have done, I rise to appreciate each one of us for the role we have played. Indeed, it was a very good session. We appreciate the Leader of the Majority Party for his guidance and for the kind words that he has said about some of us. Hon. Kaluma, we also appreciate you for the kind words that you have said about us. I also wish to thank the leadership of the Majority Party for giving some of us, who are new, leadership roles in crucial Committees. I serve as the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. It is a Committee that, ordinarily in many parliaments, is reserved for returning Members of Parliament. We, therefore, do not take it for granted that we have been given such a critical role to play. As I conclude, history has been made because by passing the Miscellaneous Amendments Bill in this House, we have increased the number of Court of Appeal judges from 30 to 70. Those of us who understand how the three branches of Government are supposed to work, and also understand the inner workings of the Judiciary, know that the Court of Appeal has been part of the stumbling block to the speedy expedition of justice. In the just recently released Judiciary Performance Report, most of the backlog of our cases is in the High Court. This is because we have very many High Court judges feeding to very few Courts of Appeal judges. Therefore, many decisions have stayed in that court for very long. We want to recover and build our economy, and we must give confidence to investors, especially where we are dealing with commercial matters. They cannot be done in perpetuity. We are, therefore, very happy. This House will go to the annals of history as the House that provided the adequate staffing of the Court of Appeal in order not just to expense justice in a fair and just manner, but also to use justice to build the economy by decisions being made in a manner that is timeous."
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