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    "id": 1167498,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, as Members of the House would appreciate, the pre-2010 era was marked by very difficult times where concepts such as “access to justice” or the “independence of the Judiciary” had very limited recognition. Thus in 2010 Kenyans adopted our current Constitution with optimism and renewed hope. The Supreme Court is now at its teenage stage – that stage in life when a number of changes are desirable in preparation for adulthood. It is in that sense that this amendment Bill comes before this August House for consideration. Hon. Speaker, after 10 years of commendable service to the Kenyan people, the Supreme Court deserves to appreciate the distinct roles it has played in safeguarding constitutionalism and acting as a guide in respect to getting meaning to very complex constitutional aspirations such as the role of the two Houses of Parliament, the two-thirds gender rule and the place of the basic structure of our Constitution’s architecture viz-a-viz the need for constitutional reform in the foreseeable future. Hon. Speaker, it is against that fair recognition that the Supreme Court has played in our constitutional democracy that I wish to urge this House to consider this Bill and even strengthen the Supreme Court to enable it discharge its mandate. I note that this Bill seeks to strengthen the role of the Supreme Court by streamlining its governance framework – the Supreme Court Act – in respect of certain critical aspects that touch on its operations."
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