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    "id": 290427,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/290427/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamalwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 148,
        "legal_name": "Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I was interrupted I had impressed upon the House the urgency of this Bill, particularly because of some of the commissions that we did put in place pursuant to Agenda 4, such as the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC), the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) and commissions that are in danger of having their operations paralyzed because of the legal limitations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Board, we put it in place to commence the very onerous task of vetting judges and magistrates. Under Section 23 (2) this Board had only three months to vet both the Court of Appeal and High Court Judges. They started on the 23rd of February and had up to the 3rd of May to complete their work; however, so far they have only been able to deal with the Court of Appeal judges. They did vet nine Court of Appeal judges, and recommended that four judges were unsuitable to continue serving. That took a lot of courage and hard work by this Board, led by my learned senior, Chairman Rao."
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