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    "id": 647718,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/647718/?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": "We come from areas where people have been carrying out this judicial service in some small dingy place where you find most of the people are seated outside in small structures or old structures which were done during the colonial times and were meant to be stores or something. That is where these functions are being carried out. What is important in the Judiciary Fund is that we shall be able to allow the Judiciary to build courts all over the country. This is more so with the new Acts which are in place like the Small Claims Court Act and the High Court (Organization and Administration) Act. The High Courts are being implemented in all the counties. This is the money that they require so that this service can reach the people. As we are looking at this Bill and as they go out there to carry out the regulations, the Chief Justice and the JSC should come up with foolproof regulations so that there is no pilferage of this money and people will look at this money like money which is meant to improve the Judiciary. This money is not meant for their personal use; that is to make them more comfortable and misbehave as they please. There is a disease which got into this country since the promulgation of the new Constitution. As money is going out there for devolution and for other things which are supposed to be implemented by the Government--- I believe that Kenya is a unitary State which has one national Government and 47 county governments but people have decided to make their own small kingdoms where they can do as they please and get away with it. This is a disease which has to stop. We have to move on. I have heard some of my colleagues saying that they were very unhappy that during the State of the Nation Address, the President pointed out that he is also joining Kenyans in asking what the money which has gone to county governments has done. Apart from what the money is doing at the county governments’ level, we also ask that as the Judiciary implements this Fund, we want to see it being properly utilised, doing the work it was meant to do and not being misused. This law is long overdue. We shall pass this Bill quickly and it will be assented to as quickly as possible so that this can be a reality. People pay a lot of money when they go to those courts, file cases and are fined quite a bit of money. This is a Fund which should operate almost instantly, considering that there are quite a number of fees that the Judiciary collects from Kenyans as they go to obtain services. Having said that, I join my colleagues in saying that the earlier we do this the better, so that we can see improved service delivery by the Judiciary officers in our country, who would be able to make decisions on their own as an arm of Government. This is considering that some of the monies that they have been collecting will be useful in making sure that Judiciary services are improved for Kenyans. I support the Bill."
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