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    "id": 643515,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "A short while ago, we had the case of Justice Tunoi. I know there are some issues around it but, Hon. Members, you saw the composition. Members of the JSC have interacted with that case down there. Some have interacted with it as judges and others as advocates. Then they sit as the JSC to remit the matter to a tribunal to be created to investigate him. There is conflict of interest. Let me say before the Kenyan people that corruption in the Judiciary is not a problem of the judges and the magistrates that we have. In fact, the biggest threat to the integrity of the Judiciary is the advocates. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you have seen what is happening in this country. Some cases are done by just a handful of lawyers. You must be asking yourselves as Kenyans and as Members of Parliament, how come when a case is of this type, just a few lawyers - hardly five -jump from one case to other? If you look at their background, they are mostly people who serve in the JSC or who have served before. There is no judge who engages in corruption if he or she is not approached by an advocate. There is no judge who engages in corruption if he or she is not approached by a Kenyan. Let us not measure the work of the vetting board by the fact that we still have some inadequacies in the Judiciary. It was not only their work. Let us change the society. Let us have a team that can work to serve this country. Let me assure Members that of all the bodies that have been under our charge as the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, this has been the best of them in terms of reporting, documentation and how they execute their mandate. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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