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    "id": 1073321,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1073321/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Maoka Maore",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Richard Maore Maoka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to also support the nominee, the Hon. Lady Justice Martha Koome to be the next Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. As the country is celebrating the breaking of the glass ceiling by a woman, the Meru community as well is being taught a lesson that since independence, there is no time the Merus have gone to a ballot box in a general election and elected woman. This would be an eye opener in the sense that when the Lady Justice Koome showed up for nomination at the Judicial Service Commission, nobody saw a woman. What people saw was a serious judge. When you looked at her you could not discern her temperament or anything you would describe as feminine or belittle her because she is a woman, but you saw firm answers from her. Those of us who are familiar with the conduct of Judges, you are not supposed to read the mood of a judge. You are not supposed to predict the decision a judge will make because that one is only left to those people we call the Judicial activists. In Judicial activism, they legislate from the bench, from where they are seated; they would pass laws which have not been taken to them for interpretation. So, our Judiciary is under its own attack. It needs to cleanse itself. It needs to have an administrator. Even though we are asking for their independence, the Judiciary needs to have a soul searching. The independence of the judges we are supporting to lead a separate arm of 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."
}