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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kimaru",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Mutahi Kimaru",
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    "content": "we want to exempt them from? I do not think that there is any danger in making the disciplined forces do their work as they should. If they are sure that what they are doing is right and they have been given exemptions in law where they need to take more time, they have nothing to fear. I feel that even the disciplined forces should also squarely fall under this particular law. Away from the disciplined forces, with the kind of lethargy that we see, for example, in the lands office - having a title transferred at the registry in Nairobi can be depressing. It can take forever. It has become the norm that if you want your title to be fast tracked, you must bribe and there is no recourse. With this Bill, we are going to have a fallback position where you can go and complain and see if you can get justice. Pensioners have had to wait for a long time to get their hard earned pension. It is evil and unacceptable for a pensioner to wait for five years. Quite a number of times you find that some of these people even die before they get their pension. They cannot buy food. They cannot carry out other duties and all along we tolerate this incompetence and injustice. I believe when this legislation comes into effect some of these injustices are going to be solved. The Judiciary is not without blame and neither is it above the law. I have been a victim. Prior to the elections, one of my opponents went to court and accused me of hate speech. The magistrate was bribed and every other time, the case would come for mention. The elections were drawing near and I had to complain. I wrote a formal complaint. I came to Nairobi to seek justice and up to date my complaint has never received a reply. No action was ever taken, but at least by my action, suddenly the magistrate woke up and heard the matter in a day, made a ruling in another day and I was absolved of any wrong doing. Had I been an ordinary citizen, that matter would have gone on in court forever and I would have been finished. The way the Judiciary behaves today, I am not so sure if the Bill goes through whether some of their reasoning is in public good or serves any good at all. I know even in the practice of law and I have said this before, it is not just about a matter of the letter of law. We cannot be mechanical in the way we carry out matters. I do not know whether it will be sub judice if I talked about the Security Bill. It has taken inordinately long to be decided. Is somebody sleeping on the job? Is somebody on a mission? This Bill is going to cure many ills that have bedevilled our society and I hope it is not just going to be just another Bill or law. We have so many good laws but how we apply them is what is sickening. When we talk of corruption, if the laws on corruption are applied properly, this country would be clean. We are not sure whether the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), is not sleeping on the job. Was the Report that was brought before this House done in good faith? Were some of the fellows who were in that list given an opportunity to be heard? Did somebody abuse the powers that they have for a certain end? So, I trust that this piece of legislation, once it comes into effect and it is applied seriously, our nation will change. Many people who have suffered injustice will be vindicated."
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