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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rop",
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        "legal_name": "Jackson Kipkorir Rop",
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    "content": "The Mayfair Court Centre, which was meant to house the Commissioners, was also another irregularity where Kshs7.3 million was paid up-front two years down the line before even the occupation of the premise. Funny enough, the Commissioners were even allowed to design their own bathrooms in those premises. On the issue of the purchase of the official residence for the Chief Justice, initially, the house was supposed to be fully furnished. The initial figure was supposed to be around Kshs425 million which was renegotiated to Kshs310 million and upon acquisition, they decided not to furnish the house. An extra amount of money had to be looked for to furnish the house. This property was also not valued by the Government Valuer. The JSC sanctioned the purchase of the house from Mutuma Mutuma Holdings Limited, upon request by the Chief Justice. He wrote a letter to the then Head of the Public Service requesting that he and you, Hon. Speaker, ought to be housed. We made several visits to these premises and found that the house was in a pathetic state and no works were going on. The premise had not been occupied and yet Kshs310 million had been paid for the house. This is a house we were told the Chief Justice himself invited Court Martial, that is a private security firm, to inspect the security of the surroundings. Those were American Court Martials who were invited. Up to now the same premise has not been occupied. There is also the issue of construction of prefabricated houses where monies amounting to millions of shillings had been spent. The intentions were very good. They wanted to provide a quick solution to justice and improve service delivery. They wanted to incur the lowest cost possible. They also wanted to make it cheap because they thought constructing stone-walled 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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