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    "id": 1067465,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisii CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Janet Ong’era",
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "speak about a constitutional moment we must be alive to the things that we need to look at. We should be able to leave a good legacy that people will remember us for as legislators. I agree that we needed, perhaps, to have consulted IEBC on developing this schedule for the constituencies. This is so that we do not seem like on the one hand, we are breaking the current Constitution that we want to amend and, on the other hand, we think we are making another right. About the doctrine of separation of powers, it is actually about separation between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. It was to create unfettered discretion and independence of these three arms of government. I do not think it would be right to create an executive ombudsman even if that ombudsman is going to be appointed by the Senate. This is because we would be interfering with the judiciary in the execution of their duties. It will be very sad, for example, if in this parliament, after we have made our decisions, we find that we now have another ombudsman who can overrule our decisions. The doctrine of separation of powers is a very powerful doctrine required to carry the issues of democracy to another higher level. I feel that this is a grey area that needs to be looked at. Let us not kill the independence of the judiciary. We never know: today we have a very good President, Hon. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta. Tomorrow we may get a rogue president. We are tying our hands by not ensuring that the doctrine of separation of powers and the independence of each of the three arms of the Government are protected."
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