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    "id": 65455,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 124,
        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is one area which has been mentioned, which I want to re-emphasise. Now that we have 47 counties, there should be an express provision in the law for the establishment of a county judge and the retinue of judges that go with such an office, because one of the biggest problems we are experiencing at the county-level is backlog of cases. Some cases are as old as 20 years, and you wonder how justice is being dispensed in some of those areas. You cannot get the necessary space to be heard in the courts, so that your case can be disposed of. We have experienced this as Members of Parliament. People have come to us requesting that we make appeals. Now that we have a law establishing the offices of judges, one cardinal office we, as Parliament, must establish is the office of the county judge and all other judicial offices that go with it, in line with the Office of the Governor within the county and other offices within the county level. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, another issue I want to address is that the expenses of the Judicial Service Commission. They are now provided for by directly accessing the Consolidated Fund. Therefore, the story of lack of resources to dispense justice should be an historical matter. Clause 26(1) of the Bill clearly states that they shall access resources directly from the Consolidated Fund. One of the areas I heard my friend, hon. Mungatana, criticise heavily is the question of retention of these resources. I have a different opinion. Now that the county courts must catch up with the rest of the High Courts in Nairobi, Kisumu and other major cities, it is only fair and important that they retain those funds for the purpose of renovating or rehabilitating existing court houses in the country, which are in a dilapidated form. When you go out there, you will be very"
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