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    "id": 1153032,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1153032/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "It was the allegations leveled against Hon. Bernard Chunga, on how he conducted his prosecutions when he was the Director of Public Prosecutions, that cost him his job as the Chief Justice. In the history of this country, I do not know whether there will be a Deputy Chief Justice, who will be removed from office for pinching the nose of a watchman, but it happened during the reign of President Mwai Kibaki. As I mourn this man, he was a great a leader. He has left a very rich legacy for this country. He was a Statesman. He was magnanimous. He cleaned up that institution called the Judiciary and transformed it. Sen. Amos Wako here will tell you that we had a long debate on the Chapter on the Judiciary. As the Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya, I was one of those who were pushing forward the idea that anybody seeking to be a Chief Justice, Judge of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeal and Judge of the High Court in this country should be subjected to an open interview process, where all qualified Kenyans are given an opportunity to be interviewed and the best candidates should be recommended for appointment. There are people in Cabinet who would not hear any of that, but at the end of the day, because President Mwai Kibaki was a man who was magnanimous and progressive, he allowed that to be. Nowadays, any Kenyan who is qualified in the legal profession can apply, be interviewed and appointed to be a Judge of the High Court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I say pole to the family of the late Mwai Kibaki, the people of Nyeri and to Kenyans. Fare thee well Mzee Mwai Kibaki. May your soul rest in eternal peace. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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