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    "id": 1001919,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, again, we are appropriating money to another constitutional commission. As Hon. Kimunya said, we must begin questioning the role of some of these commissions. I say this with a lot of respect to the Judicial Service Commission, particularly the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya who is the Government’s legal advisor. We know the small tiff that is there between the Executive and the Judiciary over the appointment of the 41 judges. You must ask yourself some questions. An Attorney-General who sits in the JSC interviews, recommends and even hires 41 judges, then turns around and advises the President not to appoint the same judges against the Constitution. We must be a House that upholds the Constitution and the rule of law in this country. I want to be categorical. What we are doing as a country by tolerating some of these things is courting anarchy. We must be emphatic. We must be clear and tell the Attorney-General that he is misadvising His Excellency the President. Let us allow the President to conform with the rule of law and the Constitution. If the Attorney-General had reasons why any judge should not have been appointed or interviewed, and if he had any adverse information against any judge at the time he The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}