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    "id": 647717,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/647717/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 139,
        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to add my voice. Although we are late in debating and passing this Judiciary Fund Bill, there is a saying that better late than never. This is the time we need to work on this and make sure that it becomes law. According to Article 173 of the Constitution, this Judiciary Fund should have been operational by the beginning of 2013 after the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010. Having said that, when we look at it from the angle of what this Fund ought to do, a lot of emphasis should be put on how these funds are going to be utilised. We do not want to see a situation where now that they are going to have their own funds, they are going to decide to misuse money, fail to account for it and get away with it and say since they are the Judiciary, they can do as they please. We have seen at the county government level, people coming up with funny benchmarking trips just because they have the money and they have decided to use it for their own benefit; that once they have, it does not matter whether the money is going to do what it ought to do. These funds should be specific on what the Fund is supposed to do. For example, the two issues which have been set out in the Constitution were administrative. I am worried that administrative is too huge an animal for it to be just used. It is a relative term. On administrative, people can even choose to go on those funny trips and use the money. What is very important is that the Act itself will come talking about providing space, buildings and maintaining buildings to make sure that this service reaches the people of Kenya wherever they are. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}