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    "id": 619022,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/619022/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "“He shall be the Head of the Judiciary, the President of the Supreme Court and shall be the link between the Judiciary and the arms of Government.” In addition to that sub-section, he must assign duties to the Deputy Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the Principal Judge of the High Court and the Chief Registrar and give annual reports as may be necessary. Hon. Speaker, having gone through this Report, it is clear to me, based on what is available, that there has been a tug of war among the Office of the Chief Justice, the JSC and the Registrar of the Judiciary. The question almost asked at every point is, who should or should not approve? We even saw correspondence between the Chief Registrar and the CJ, with the Registrar telling the CJ that if he wanted to have a say on how public funds are managed, he should apply to the National Treasury to be made the accounting officer. If you are telling the CJ that he does not have a role play in that regard, why should he take responsibility for monies paid on instructions he did not have the capacity to give? How do you take responsibility for things you did not have the capacity to do? That is why I want that part deleted. The CJ did not have a role to play in payment in the Judiciary. With those remarks, I beg to move and ask Hon. Chepkong’a to second."
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