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    "id": 1072361,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for an opportunity to also salute this Kenyan, who has sent a Petition, like many others do to this Senate. I enjoin the views that were ably put forward by Sen. Cheruiyot and the distinguished Senator for Mombasa County, Sen. Faki, that access to justice even under our 2010 Constitution is very clear. It must be unfettered, uninterred and be expeditious. Citizens go to court when they have serious need for justice and must be dealt with in their matters as expeditiously as possible. For a long time, the Judiciary has been underfunded because sometimes when the Judiciary makes bold decisions against the Executive, the Executive presses the button on funding and tightens the tap. However, I agree with the Petitioner that now we have even extraordinary times with COVID-19 pandemic. In the old days, those of us who have practiced in the corridors of law courts know how difficult it is to run around hidden and misplaced files, and so on and so forth. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes you go to court for a certificate of urgency and end up staying there for a week waiting for a matter that was extremely urgent to be addressed. Sometimes it is because of mischievous court clerks or litigants who collude with court clerks to get all these things not to move."
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