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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, although I speak with confidence that we have facilitated this Commission by giving them offices and facilities, you will be surprised that we are also hoping that this House will approve the Supplementary Estimates so that I can get money to get them rolling in a proper manner. Therefore, the Committee has been working day and night. In fact, as I speak, the Commission is in a meeting with senior officers of my Ministry and the Office of the Attorney-General continuing the consultations that are envisaged under Article 259(11) of our Constitution. Because of this enormous workload, it was not until yesterday, 17th January, 2011, that it was possible for a meeting between myself, the Attorney-General and the Commission together with the Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, Mr. Kathurima MâInoti. We met yesterday and we had daylong consultations. I would like to say that although the Commission was of the view that they did not have any serious objections to the Bill that is on the Order Paper, it is essential for hon. Members to note that in Part IV of that Bill, we have included the issue of funds of the Judiciary and yet under Schedule V, strictly speaking, this House ought to pass a substantive law on that particular aspect. Therefore, it was - and I could see it in their eyes--- You may believe it or not but I know you believe it; that I am a pretty good lawyer and judge of body language. I could see a serious sense that the Commission was doing this in a hurry just to accommodate the House."
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