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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the views that have been expressed here regarding the process of vetting of judges and magistrates. I particularly appreciate the contributions of those hon. Members who have said that they are going to come up with amendments, so that we can rid this Bill of those clauses which have been included erroneously or deliberately so as to confuse the issues as we go along. I would support such initiative. I saw the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs talk about the issue of post-election violence yesterday. We had people who were killed during the post-election violence. In Mbale, about 20 people were killed and another 22 were badly injured by gunshots, but their kin could not go to the police or to court, because they knew that there would be no justice. The matter is still pending. There is nothing which has been done. So, everybody is waiting for the new Constitution, so that they can bring up these issues. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when it comes to reviewing the fees payable to courts, I think they are too prohibitive for people to go and look for justice. You find that a small thing is made so complicated and so expensive that you cannot even file a case there. Another thing is collusion amongst magistrates and the advocates representing people in court. Yesterday, the Speaker read out a Communication from the Chair regarding serving of court processes within the precincts of Parliament, but I think there is something much bigger to that issue than meets the eye. Somebody may have a case, and then the presiding magistrate and the advocate collude. What they do is what we might have seen. When magistrates pass judgements of that kind, they do not even write their names on the judgement document. They just stamp on it “Magistrate’s Court, Milimani”, and so on. Therefore, the issue of vetting judges and magistrates is very important. Maybe, the Minister may have more information through the Commission that deals with complaints, which I believe is a Government institution. That Commission must be having a lot of information relating to complaints about some of the offices we are talking about. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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