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    "id": 70315,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/70315/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruto",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Prime Minister to continue to mislead the House that the setting up of a local tribunal is actually a Rome Statute requirement while on the preamble, paragraph 10 says:- “Emphasizing that the ICC as established under this Statute shall be complementary to national criminal jurisdictions.” It goes ahead under Article 17(3) to state as follows:- “In order to determine inability in a particular case, the courts shall consider whether due to total substantial collapse or unavailability of its national judicial system---“ We are either admitting that there is a total collapse or almost collapsing. Because of that, the state is unable to obtain the accused who are around with us or the necessary evidence which they ought to be able and testimony or otherwise unable to carry out its proceedings. There is nowhere there is a major requirement for a local tribunal. That was the business of Waki. I ask the Prime Minister to confirm whether the Government of Kenya is today telling Kenyans and the whole world that our judicial system has totally collapsed or has substantially collapsed. We want that clarified even under the new Constitution, whether this situation continues to obtain."
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