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    "id": 647788,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/647788/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nuh",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2840,
        "legal_name": "Junet Sheikh Nuh",
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    "content": "Things go wrong in countries when people lose faith in the Judiciary, and not when they have rogue parliaments or executive. The Judiciary keeps checks and balances in other arms of the Government by interpreting the law. I served in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for the last three years. I remember that when a special audit was done in the Judiciary, serious financial issues were raised. They could not differentiate which funds belonged to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and which funds belonged to the Judicial Fund. All funds were being operated by the JSC. That brought about serious conflict of interest. The Chief Registrar said that everything was administered by JSC. That is not what was envisaged in the Constitution. Article 173 of the Constitution says that this Bill should have been there two years after the promulgation of the Constitution. If this Bill was in place, the confusion that we saw in that special audit report would not have been there. Everybody would have known which fund belonged to the JSC and which one belonged to the Judicial Fund. They say he who is given much, much is expected of him. The Judiciary has been given a lot of money since the new Constitution was promulgated. One of the benefits that Kenyans expected to get from the new Constitution is a reformed Judiciary. Kenyans expected high value services from the Judiciary because of the new Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that was put in place, the way the recruitment of judges was done and because of the way the new Chief Justice was recruited. However, I dare say that the expectations of Kenyans have not been met. Kenyans are a bit disappointed with the performance of the Judiciary despite Parliament allocating huge resources to it."
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