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    "id": 718756,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/718756/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Kajuju",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 840,
        "legal_name": "Florence Kajuju",
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    "content": "issue of gender. I also support the issue of retirement benefits for the Deputy President and designated State officers, including a retired CJ. Under our laws, there are three arms of Government; the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. The CJ is the head of the Judiciary. This means that if the head of the Judiciary retires, he or she must be recognised under the retirement benefits so that they also enjoy benefits conferred on the President, the Deputy President or the Speaker of the Assembly. That is a good amendment. I also support the Court of Appeal (Organisation and Administration) Act 2015. This will enable the Court of Appeal and the High Court to understand their calendars so that when one court is on recess, it must work in harmony with the other. It is not good to have one court on recess and the other court’s mode of operation is not known in so far as the recess is concerned in the Judiciary. That is a good amendment. I also support the Legal Aid Act. This amendment refers to pro bono services. Traditionally, we have situations where advocates offer legal aid free of charge to persons who have been convicted of crimes of capital offences. As a practitioner, I witnessed that when advocates give legal aid or support to persons who have been charged with capital offences, they are supposed to be paid some amount of money by the Judiciary. That is why we call it a pauper brief. We have very many cases where advocates complain that they are never paid any monies by the Judiciary when they conduct pauper briefs. It is important that an accused person who has been charged with a capital offense be entitled by law---"
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