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    "id": 1063664,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "The clause that the Committee has an issue with is what is contained in Clause 43, whereby it is proposed that just by the mere receiving of a complaint, before that complaint is looked at, and determination made, that a tribunal should be formed to look into the conduct of the judges, the JSC can suspend a judge and later on say: “We have looked at the complaint and we have found it unmerited. You are free to go back and perform the functions of your office.” What we are saying as a Committee is that this will be a major claw back on the independence of the Judiciary. It will create a lot of fear among judges. We are proposing that the prevailing situation where judges are suspended only after a recommendation has been made to form a tribunal should remain as it is. That is why we have termed that particular amendment to the Constitution as being unconstitutional."
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