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"content": "for educating and training judges, magistrates and paralegal staff in addition to advising the Government on improving efficiency in the administration of justice and access to it. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, another significant highlight of this Bill is that it prescribes the procedure for appointment and removal of judges as well as discipline of other judicial officers. This is, again, required by Article 172 of our Constitution and you will find it in Clause 30. In fact, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, can you allow me to say how proud I feel as a Kenyan to be able to speak to my country and to say without fear that, for the first time in the history of the Judiciary in this country, we are offering a mechanism such as the transparent and competitive process of applicants so that if you take your daughter or son to a law school, you will know that they are qualified to be able to apply to become a judge; and that when a vacancy occurs, it will be advertised and they can apply. I feel very proud of this and I am happy to say that the Cabinet has approved this and so has my Ministry, the Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) and the Attorney-General. So, therefore, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would want Clauses 30 and 33 to be fertilized by the very healthy and brilliant minds in this House so that if there are any adjustments that you think we can make, we can do so. They also provide for disciplining of other judicial officers. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the first time in the history of our nation, any person seeking consideration for appointment as a judge must be ready to subject themselves to a transparent recruitment process following the publication of vacancies in the prescribed manner. The applicant will further be subjected to background investigation and vetting to ensure that only persons of integrity are selected for appointment as judges. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I look forward to a healthy debate this afternoon so that Clauses 6, 7 and 8 of the First Schedule of these processes can be fertilized by the brainpower, the leadership and the abilities in this House. Again, for the first time in the history of this country, for that matter, the East African region â and I say so with confidence â the criteria for evaluating qualifications of the individual applicant are also pre-determined in the law. You will no longer have to draw names from briefcases or from desk drawers or, for that matter, from under the bed. The criteria is clear. That is Clause 13 of the First Schedule. I do hope that hon. Members will digest this as carefully as possible because I do not pretend to know everything; I would like to be educated by any input coming from the Floor. With regard to the removal, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Bill, for the first time again in the history of the country sets out an elaborate procedure to be used in the event of a question of removal of a judge. That is in Clause 31 of the Bill as read with the provisions in the Second Schedule. The process clearly protects the interests of those judges under investigation while, at all time, upholding the principle of substantial justice. Never again shall this country allow the radical surgery of 2003, where both the doctor, the patient and the surgeon died. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, again, I am proud to present this to my country and I hope that Parliament will accept it. For the first time, we have introduced a National Council for the Administration of Justice. You will find that in Clause 34 of the Bill. Its purpose is to ensure a co-ordinated, efficient, effective and consultative approach"
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