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    "id": 702190,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Motion. I congratulate the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for doing a good Report. I also congratulate the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) because they conducted very rigorous interviews which touched on every aspect. Hon. Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu is a very qualified and seasoned advocate and a legal practitioner who has served for 32 years, nine of which have been spent on the bench. Justice Mwilu has an LLB and is pursuing her LLM. She is very competent with various aspects of Kenyan law and is, therefore, very balanced in terms of judgements. Justice Mwilu is a strong Christian. I watched her on television being interviewed and she answered the questions in a composed and elaborate manner. She is morally upright and her integrity is above board. I have no doubt that by supporting the Committee’s recommendations and by us approving the appointment of the Deputy Chief Justice in the person of Justice Mwilu, Kenya will achieve a lot. I, therefore, urge this House to support this Motion. Justice Mwilu supports and believes in the two-thirds gender rule. I am sure when she gets to that position, she will go further to make it a reality. I cannot say much. We know that our judicial system faces several challenges and one of them is corruption. That has to be addressed. There are also challenges in the judicial system where there is delay in clearing cases. That has led to a backlog of over 650 cases. A good example is the case of Mbiyu Koinange, which took 35 years to be concluded. We have cases such as Goldenberg, Anglo-leasing, and so many others that have taken years to conclude. These are issues that I am sure Justice Mwilu, while supporting the Chief Justice, David Maraga, will address. The two will make a good pair. The Judiciary has outdated laws that need to be done away with. Those laws cannot administer justice the way they are. We know there has been wastage of resources. This House allocates billions of shillings to the Judiciary, but we get a lot of complaints about misuse of that money. Our judicial system lacks prosecutors. There is backlog of cases because of lack of prosecutors. These are things that should be balanced. In the interest of time and I can see many Members want to contribute from the mood of the House, I do not want to take a lot of time. If we support the Departmental Committee on The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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