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    "id": 618946,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "On the Judicial Service Commission, the Committee finds that the Judicial Service Commission as a whole failed to deliver on its mandate, and is alive to the fact that the Chief Justice is its chair while the CRJ is the secretary. The JSC exceeded its powers by purporting to approve payment to various suppliers. In so doing, it went beyond its oversight mandate to delve into operation issues at the Judiciary. In its sitting of 28th August 2013, the JSC’s Finance and Administration Committee approved payment to 12 suppliers amounting to Kshs51,815,435. This is an operational activity that should have been left to the administrators. Accordingly, the Finance and Administration Committee of the JSC must be held responsible for bypassing financial management procedures and directing and demanding approval of payments irregularly, thus occasioning losses. The advance/deposit payment of Kshs59,999,840 to the Kenya Prisons for supply of furniture must also be seen as irregular. The JSC is yet to submit proof that all the furniture paid for was delivered. The Commission went head to directly procure offices at Mayfair Court and instructed the then Registrar of the High Court, Ms. Lydia Achode, to effect the transaction. The rent for the premises was again paid upfront two years before occupation to the tune of Kshs7,392,000. The Committee also found out that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in its entirety and through its secretary failed to properly manage its meetings by not confirming and approving minutes. In some instances, minutes were not seen. Some of the meetings were not properly constituted in accordance with Section 22(5) of the Judicial Service Act and yet, the 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."
}