{"id":643574,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643574/?format=json","text_counter":180,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Gikaria","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2489,"legal_name":"David Gikaria","slug":"david-gikaria"},"content":"Justice Ombija has decided to resign. One of the issues they wanted to do is to finish with that. The Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board did a very good job. We can see some changes within the judicial system. One of the issues is this: It would take years for some of the judges to make a verdict on a certain ruling. Expedience of cases is good for a judicial system of a country. It is so unfair for someone’s case to be in the courts for 20 years and over. I have seen this. The issue of what will happen after the Board’s term comes to an end was raised. You vet a judge, you give him or her a clean bill of health and then after two months, they are up again with a corruption-related case, or an integrity issue is raised against the same people who had been vetted. What happens after that? The law provides for a tribunal as it happened recently. A petitioner can make a petition and when it is found that there are some facts, a tribunal can be set up as per the law. However, that is a very long process. Not every Kenyan can bring such a petition. As it had been suggested, the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, which is headed by Hon. Chepkong’a, should come up with some legislation. We can create a complaints committee where Kenyans can go whenever they feel aggrieved by the judicial systems and be heard and, maybe, some action can be taken."}