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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I want to confirm that, looking at this report, you see a very mild report. We had a lot to deal with. We sat, as a Committee, and determined that it was not for us to find as to the guilt or culpability of any of these individuals but let me tell hon. Members that, on an affidavit, a party said that one of these Commissioners coached the Chief Justice. We said that the Chief Justice is not petitioned against and, therefore, we could not entertain it, in fairness. In an affidavit, a party said that one of these Commissioners had been seeking intimate involvement with clients as a condition for representing them. You do not see that allegation in our report. We said that, in all decency, we do not want to go into such issues. It worries me when I see a very “skinny” report against what we dealt with. A party came and said: “Contrary to the provisions of the Advocates Act, I have been acting for a Commissioner as his agent for extortion and he has been paying me.” The Advocates Act says that an advocate cannot share the profits of his legal practice with a lay person. That person did not only say it but he brought cheques which were signed. I do not know where the Chairman is saying the cheques have gone to. There were several The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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