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    "id": 971082,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, another issue that has been flagged in the Report is corruption within the Judiciary itself, especially on how they use the cashless payment systems that they adopted as a way of eliminating corruption within the system. Unfortunately, the Report states that this has been infiltrated by people within the Judiciary who are working together with the banks in order to fleece the Judiciary of this money. Actually, the Judiciary must also put itself in order in terms of gaining respect. As we fund the Judiciary, they must gain respect in terms of coming up with rulings and adjudications that are clear of corruption. Address to the matter of corruption should not be limited to infiltration of their cashless system, it should cover all other forms of corruption. That is how the Judiciary will be respected and the rule of law shall prevail. This is because the rule of law is a very important aspect of existence of any jurisdiction worldwide. Another issue that has been flagged in the Report is poor terms of service for magistrates, who are key people at the lower level of the court system. In the structure of the court system, the magistrates are near the lowest level. These are the people who handle majority of the cases that emanate from all spheres and regions of Kenya. Magistrates deal with all sorts of litigation, including land disputes, among others. The fact that magistrates are poorly remunerated is exhibited by the fact that they do not even have motor vehicles. As indicated in the Report, this group of adjudicators of law who are susceptible to any form of corruption cannot stand strong because they are poorly remunerated. Coming from a background of labour, I know that the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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