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    "id": 42770,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ethuro",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, unfortunately for me, as this country talks about the Supreme Court, I talk about access to justice. There is only one court sitting in Lodwar, which does not have any seniority. They have to go all the way to Lokichogio, Lokitang, and Lokichar. Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs, you have a police station. The CID does not have a local interpreter. You wonder when you have the local people appearing before courts, which language would they use? How does the CID investigate? So, while I support this Bill, you should also ensure that the Supreme Court may only be important to the people who know and people who are looking for bigger things. But for those of us with mundane matters, to the extent one time, the business of transporting and tracking people from one town to the next, there was an accident that cost many lives. This is not just in Turkana alone. You also remember the last time, when prisoners were being transported to Nairobi and there was a terrible accident on Thika Road and we lost prison warders and prisoners. As if that was not enough, even the money that came out of compensation was stolen by the good lawyers. That is the justice system for you. That is the justice of Kenya. That is the justice system that I want to plead with my good friend, hon. Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs that this Supreme Court and all the other arrangements that we are making in the judiciary, will ensure that these kinds of things do not happen."
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