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    "id": 1067676,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "on the constitutional and procedural matters. However, first and foremost, I want to raise two critical issues on this Bill which I would like to go on record because in my view they are weighty constitutional issues that this House, and Kenyans outside this House must address. I want to tell our colleagues that about 30 years from now, what you do will haunt you. What Tom Mboya, Jaramogi and Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and all the leaders before us did whether negatively or positively, is haunting them today. Clause 44 of this Bill provides that the President shall nominate and with the approval of the Senate appoint the Judicial Ombudsman. This clause further provides that the Judicial Ombudsman shall among other things, receive and conduct inquiries into complaints against judges, registrars, magistrate, other judicial officers and staff of the Judiciary. This is a very dangerous trend. As a country, over the years, we have been having an independent Judiciary under the 2010 Constitution which is devoid of interference from any arm of Government. It is free to express itself and work without being directed by anybody. One which is only guided by the Constitution. The Office of the Ombudsman shall erode all these gains."
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