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    "id": 1073347,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kisumu West, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Olago Aluoch",
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        "legal_name": "John Olago Aluoch",
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    "content": "Secondly, Martha Koome’s professional and career exposure could have made her a better person to be a Chief Justice. A Member of this House has just mentioned it. In those days, in the 1990s, and not the 1980s as she has said, I had a chance to work with Hon. Martha Koome in the Council of the Law Society of Kenya at a time when we were fighting for multi-party democracy in Kenya. At that time, a lawyer who risked doing that would be risking his or her practice or even personal safety and security. In the LSK Council then, we had distinguished lawyers like Justice G.B.M Kariuki, Kinoti, Mirugi Kariuki, Racheal Omamo, Martha Karua, Nzamba Kitonga and Kamau Kuria. We were able to get through our agenda and we became the darling of the Kenyans. In my view, that puts Justice Koome in a better state to understand the needs of Kenyans. After the collapse of the East African Community, Kenyans in the LSK Council then - myself included - travelled in Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar to form what is now called the East African Law Society. We were able to do that with Justice Koome and others and finally, a treaty was signed by our presidents that created what we now call the East African Community. Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is a matter that we cannot afford to sweep under the carpet and Kenyans are concerned. We are going to approve Justice Martha Koome as the next Chief Justice of this country. However, the fact is, we are going to end up with the situation where the Head of the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Head of the Executive will all be coming from one region known as the “mountain”. That is the matter that I raised in the Committee. However, I am satisfied that Justice Koome was able to convince us that the fact that she comes from the mountain, should not be a worry for Kenyans. I am personally satisfied that Justice Martha Koome will be our next Chief Justice. 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."
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