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    "speaker_name": "January 3, 2013 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 95 Mr. Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs on replacement of outgoing Members (Non-Citizens) to the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 2nd January, 2013. The proposed members of the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board were brought to the Committee but the Committee was not able to make a positive decision about them for the reason that the non-citizen members of the Board are still serving and it is hoped that by the time their term lapses, the Eleventh Parliament will be in place. The Committee felt that the absence of even a single member of the Board would not affect the ongoing operations of the Board. It was also felt that there were also issues being raised in terms of the way they were appointed. As a Committee, therefore, we feel that we should keep this matter pending until the Eleventh Parliament comes into place. It is the feeling of the Committee that there is an attempt to overload the Committees at this time, and we are not having a lot of opportunities to scrutinize the matters that come before us. So, we will still have time next time, when we will be looking at the matter. I am, therefore, assuring the House that there is no gap that is going to be left, and that the process of vetting the judges and magistrates will still continue. The Board has already completed the process of vetting the judges. It is now about to embark on the vetting of magistrates. Everything is in place. Therefore, I urge the House to adopt the Report. I will ask my colleague, hon. Millie Odhiambo, to second the Motion."
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