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    "id": 647752,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/647752/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "Last month, when we were looking at the Supplementary Budget the main issue was the certificate that had been presented by contractors and could not be paid. The National Treasury was telling the Judiciary that they must give them Kshs1 billion because they have to rationalize the Budget. If this Bill goes through then the money will go to the Judiciary Fund and they will plan their work. I have heard stories about absorption. You can imagine if you have to advertise and procure for Kshs10 billion in a country that is becoming over-religious, everyone is litigating nowadays. Everyone goes to court on almost everything. You expect that these guys will spend their Kshs10 billion in a given year, yet when they procure someone goes to court. In ensuring that the courts, once they commit money they do not have to return it, it will help them plan for over five years. The plan for five years should also be accompanied by monies being given over the five years as long as there is indication that it is spent well. One other major thing that comes with big money like the one we are giving the Judiciary today is the capacity to use it well, follow it and avoid wastage. I am imagining that in the next three or four years the idea that the Judiciary will be having a budget of Kshs18 billion will go away. In the next three or four years, they will have built all the courts they want in counties and sub-counties. Therefore, the only money they will be asking for is for the day-to-day operations and not for big infrastructure. I am imagining in the next three or four years the budget will go down and then they will concentrate on making Kenyans access justice."
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