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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) T.G. Ali",
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        "legal_name": "Tiyah Galgalo Ali",
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    "content": "system, it will help many communities. It should also be given resources. Elders should be given an opportunity to help in resolving some of the disputes we have in our counties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know that the issue of monitoring and evaluation is critical in our courts. I know that the moment we finalise with the structuring and putting in place registries, we will have accountable officers; we will be able to hold officers responsible for things that they do currently. It is important to note that there is a lot of corruption going on in courts. That will come to zero the moment we computerise our courts. I will also suggest that the computerisation programme continues, and we ensure that it also gets to the rest of the country. I would also want to talk about use of language. I know we use Kiswahili and English in our courts. In some areas you will find that a person from the local community, that is in a particular court is a person who is supposed to be doing translation only. Accessing some parts in court becomes very difficult most of the time. Many of the courts, especially in our pastoralists areas, have staff who are from other parts of the country, including subordinate staff. That is causing a lot of issues in communities. It is important that we also have people from local communities to be part of the court system. Finally, efficiency and effectiveness of our court system can only be gauged if we ensure that we have proper working structures and systems. I will call upon Parliament to ensure that the judicial system is properly resourced. I remember money was reduced in the last financial year. Resourcing of courts is very critical, especially by the Exchequer. Cutting the budget for the Judiciary will make some of the marginalised areas more marginalised and their human rights infringed on. So, we need to support this, so that justice gets to all parts of the country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would also want to talk about the last one. It is the issue of disobeying court rulings. I remember that for almost one-and-a-half years we have had people going to court, some to seek injunctions. That has been the saga and many of the operations in some of the counties are becoming very difficult. It is important we know at what point we are going to obey the law and the courts, so that some functions in the counties can go on. With those few remarks, I support the Bill. Thank you."
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