Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1121517,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1121517/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 262,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
    },
    "content": "So honourable is the office of a judge that in the USA, one of the serving presidents, President William Taft, served as a President and when he left office, he was appointed a Supreme Court Judge. That is how prestigious a position of a Judge is. That is why when lawyers appear before court, they address judges as ‘My Lords’ because it is a prestigious position. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we want that prestige of our judges to be maintained and remain intact. I would not mind seeing Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko after his retirement, if he has more years to serve the country, he becomes Justice Ochillo-Ayacko. It would be an act of honour in his professional career. We had Lady Justice Njoki Ndung’u, who is a former Member of Parliament. She was a Nominated Member of Parliament, and we all know. She has now moved on and is serving this country as a Judge of the Supreme Court. So, you can move from this side to the other side. One of the best and most distinguished Chief Justices of the USA Chief Justice John Marshall who is the author of the Power of Judicial Review for Courts in USA served as the Secretary of State for President John Adams. President John Adams appointed him after his election, but before Thomas Jefferson had taken office. He moved from being somebody in the Executive to being the head of Judiciary. If you go to America today, one of the most respected Chief Justices to have ever served the USA is John Marshall. He served many Presidents. He served during the tenure of John Adams for less than two months who left and Thomas Jefferson took over and served under his tenure. When Thomas Jefferson was trying to remove Samuel Chase, he was testing the waters. He wanted to see if he had succeeded in removing Samuel Chase he would go after John Marshall who was serving as Chief Justice. When the Senate applied breaks on President Thomas Jefferson, he abandoned the whole idea and John Marshall served as Chief Justice for the entire duration of his tenure. With all these remarks and as a true son of Kenya, a patriotic Kenyan, a lawyer and somebody who believes in the rule of law, I really want to make a strong appeal to His Excellency the President to respect the Constitution as it is today. Articles 166 and 172 and appoints these five industrious sons of Kenya and one daughter of this great country to their respective positions of Judge of Court of Appeal and Judge of the High Court so that we bring this matter to an end. At the end of it all, this country, the rule of law and the Constitution will be the winner and we will all be happy as a country. With those remarks, I beg to reply."
}