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    "id": 618944,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/618944/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "This Committee finds that the fact that the commissioners could hold so many meetings without the Chief Justice’s knowledge and approval demonstrates a Judiciary “without a head”. It is inexcusable that the Commission has routinely transacted personal business at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) disguised as official meetings only to end up lodging claims for payments for the same, without the Chief Justice’s knowledge. Despite that, it drew no sanctions at all from the head of the Judiciary. There is no doubt that Hon. (Dr.) Willy Munyoki Mutunga, the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya is one of the most academically gifted lawyers in the country. With hindsight, the wisdom of blessing a man with limited public service experience and no record of having led a large organization to head a crucial arm of Government like the Judiciary must not only be questioned, but should be a critical point of consideration in similar future appointments. In total disregard of the Treasury’s written advisory, the Chief Justice on several occasions went ahead to direct the JSC to approve irregular payments as directed by the Finance and Administration Committee. The Chief Justice was found to be a beneficiary of irregular salary advances from the Judiciary to the tune of Ksh1,564,440. The Committee recommends that future payments in lieu of leave days that are being commuted be made only on leave days already earned."
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