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    "id": 1341647,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1341647/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am one of the people who are always very uncomfortable with the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill because that is where the devil finds its way and where they hide most of the things. For once, this Bill deals mostly with routine issues of changing from Attorney- General to Director of Public Prosecutions, which is in order as it complies with the provisions of Article 157(2) of the Constitution of Kenya. There are a few issues that require people’s attention which we need to highlight. In the proposed amendment to the Judicature Act, 70 Judges for the Court of Appeal are just too many. I always believe that many of the issues that end up in the Court of Appeal can be sorted out at a very low level. This brings in the question of the level of corruption and unprofessionalism in the lower courts. We have Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms. I want to encourage my friend, Sir George, who was a very good man in the last Parliament but power has got into his head nowadays. He does not listen to the common"
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