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    "id": 619421,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Abdalla",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amina Ali Abdalla",
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    "content": "We must accept that our standards are low and that is why the matters are remaining as they are and these individuals are serving under the current JSC. I do not like giving recommendations to others when a lot of what has happened to the JSC is something that we, as a House, can resolve. I sat in the Committee that midwifed the JSC Bill. I also sat in the Committee that vetted the first members of the JSC. I sat in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that increased the budget of the JSC from Kshs3 billion to Kshs16 billion. As a House, we bear some responsibility of the reckless embezzlement of public funds that has taken place in the JSC. I am not in the habit of accusing and not coming up with solutions. I really want the Chair of the PAC to listen. Hon. Chepkong’a is not here. We must solve what is within our powers to solve. The JSC has a structural problem. We cannot have five judges and seven lawyers in the JSC who have personal interests in personal development. For now, we have three members of the JSC who are interested in becoming the next Chief Justice. How do you then expect that JSC to handle its matters in an impartial manner?"
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