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    "id": 972191,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Likuyani, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 294,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Wamalwa Kibunguchy",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to also support this Report of the Judiciary. First of all, I would like to start off from what my colleagues already talked about, that is, equity for justice in the country. I remember very well the immediate former Chief Justice and the present one working on a modality that would get High Courts established in every county. The target was, at least, one High Court in every county and one Magistrate Court in every sub-county or constituency. It was going on very well until just recently, say, about two or three years ago when it started slowing down. In fact, in Likuyani, we were so excited and we had even got a premise. We were excited that all small cases regarding land sales and others things will not require our people to travel very far to have them adjudicated. However, the momentum on that matter has really slowed down until we got to a point where every time we ask them about it they say, “It is Parliament’s fault. You need to give us money.” We have come to that and I agree totally with all my colleagues who have said that the Judiciary should be independent and should have its own financial kitty just like Parliament and the Executive. This is probably the best time that we should be talking about this matter now that we are looking at the Constitution through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). This is the time for us to think about a certain percentage of money from the Exchequer that will go directly to the Judiciary. Let them manage it just the same way Parliament does. Finally, I agree, again, with my colleagues who have talked about having a timeframe within which to complete cases. Cases take far too long to be concluded. Similar cases in the United Kingdom (UK) have already been determined, the culprits jailed and have, probably, 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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