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    "id": 640498,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Elachi",
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Elachi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me finalise. As we point fingers; let us remember that the four fingers are pointing at us. For example, you have a lawyer who is in court and is supposed to ensure that monies to the tune of billions of a county are taken to the county, but the same lawyer is active as a commissioner of the JSC. How will that judgement be? First of all, when he goes to court, he is the employee of the JSC. So, the judge looks at him as a lawyer and wonders what he or she will do. So, he or she will rule in his favour because he knows you are his or her employer. Another case is that you have a tribunal looking at another judge in the same set up; an active lawyer who is the lawyer of the other one who is supposed to give evidence – there are some glaring loopholes. The lawyers have taken advantage of the many loopholes in the Constitution. They take us for granted. They say that is the way they have interpreted the law. As Parliament, we need to ascertain how to audit some of these commissions and ensure that they are streamlined. As we wait for the President’s Address, some of these issues will be raised. We shall see some clarifications. Also Parliament can try and bring in some sanity. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with those remarks, I beg to support. I hope that when we come back, we will finalise some of the crucial Bills that are on our Order Paper."
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