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    "id": 939517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to also support the Statement by the Senator for Nandi. A time has come when the leadership of this country must help Kenyans to debunk the notion that the Executive is charged with the responsibility of dishing out money, and cutting budgets for the other arms of Government. The Executive is allocated monies and their budget is passed in the same way and manner that the Judiciary and the Legislature receive their budgets and get them approved by Parliament. It will be pretentious of the Executive to want to create the impression that they have a role and responsibility in determining the budget lines for the other arms of Government. The most appalling thing about this whole process is that once junior officers – who are vetted by Parliament and given public offices – they occupy those offices, they begin to behave like demi-gods and lords of impunity. The Executive can even go ahead and hire bloggers to create the wrong impression, that the CJ is crying about big cars, access to VIP lounges and respect to himself. However, the truth of the matter is that one of the biggest challenges that the Judiciary in this country has suffered for many years is the backlog of cases. When the first Chief Justice under the new constitutional dispensation came into office, he began the process of addressing the issue of backlog of cases. The starting point was the establishment of various divisions of the courts, recruitment of more Judges and the decentralization of the appeal courts. The Executive is trying to roll back on those gains, and get us back to a situation where we have a backlog of cases, and justice is denied to our people. However, on the Statement by Sen. Cherargei, as we fight for the financial autonomy of the Judiciary, let us not forget to fight for the financial autonomy of the Legislature. If we allow the Executive to roll back on the gains achieved by Judiciary in The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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