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    "id": 121289,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The advertisement attracted 141 Kenyans seeking the six slots reserved for citizens. We also received five proposed names from the Panel of Eminent Personalities, and it is from that pool that the Committee proceeded to select the nominees being presented here. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also add that this is perhaps the one organ that underwent more thorough vetting than any other, because of the nature of the work that this team will be handling. This team went through a written interview that was conducted with the assistance of a team of top lawyers and legal scholars from the University of Nairobi Law School. This was an interview that was then followed by an oral interview. From that oral interview, the six citizens, plus the three international experts, we have presented here emerged. Therefore, the Committee has absolutely no doubt that we present to this House persons that qualify to sit on this interim court and we have no doubt that we have presented here the best from what we had to consider. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me stress the point that this court is a temporary. The court will be charged with the responsibility of undertaking duties that have ordinarily been handled by the High Court of Kenya, and that is considering disputes of a constitutional nature. Should this country proceed to enact a new"
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