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    "id": 213268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that there is a backlog of pending cases at the Advocates Complaints Commission. (b) The Attorney-General has taken and is taking several steps, amongst which are:- 1. From a manual record management system, the computerisation of the Commission's Registry has commenced. A data clean-up has been finalised in preparation for automation of the Commission's services under the Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector (GJLOS) Reform Programme. The proposed project will cost Kshs4,850,000 to fully implement the computerisation at the Advocates Commission Registry. (ii) The shortage of staff to cope with the increasing number of complaints against advocates is being addressed by hiring additional staff. As I speak, interviews are taking place to hire eight more staff. (iii) Plans are under way to decentralise the services of the Commission to Mombasa and Eldoret. Other offices will later be opened in Kisumu, Kakamega, Nakuru, Nyeri, Meru, Machakos and Kisii. (iv) The Disciplinary Committee is now sitting twice a week. I can report that in the last two years, 11 advocates have been suspended and 42 advocates have been struck off the role. In other words, they are no longer advocates. We are continuing with this exercise. (v) Staff at the Commission are undergoing training in investigations, customer care, team building, Information Technology and record management to improve on service delivery."
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