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    "id": 940911,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. William Cheptumo",
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        "legal_name": "William Cheptumo Kipkiror",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are the Committee that oversees the Judiciary. I am happy with the direction you have given that the issues raised before the Budget and Appropriations Committee is indeed an issue of the budget. We had a meeting today and what we have resolved is that, during the meeting between the CS for the National Treasury and the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we will make ourselves available as the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. The reason we want to be in that meeting is because the issues to be canvassed or discussed are matters touching on the Judiciary which we oversee. I want to agree that for issues concerning the Judiciary, if the Chief Justice (CJ) is concerned, we are always available to receive communication from the same and deal with them. It is this Committee which appeared before the Budget and Appropriations Committee and defended the budget for the Judiciary. We allocated Ksh18.9 billion. The issue before the House is truly rightly before the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I think we are within our rights to appear in that particular meeting so that we are able to share. We could have called the CJ to appear before our Committee, but we felt the issue is already before the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I just want to inform the House that we are prepared all the time to deal with matters of the Judiciary in a manner that will help. On matters of protocol and what happens at the airports and so forth, those are concerns that we can never deal with. We will deal with matters of concern under our Standing Orders and the Constitution which fall under our Committee. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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