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    "id": 1459130,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would just like to make a brief comment on the statement by the Senator for Meru County on this very strange ruling, that emanated from the court this week. I wish the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights (JLAHR) could guide us. There has been a particular focus on Parliament and how it does its work. This is rightfully so, because we are representatives of the people. However, as a country, and that the JLAHR Committee needs to point us in that direction. We equally need a conversation on the performance of our Judiciary. It is increasingly becoming clear that we have vested such significant authority to our judicial system, and rightfully so, but may have missed a step with regard to how they are held to account for their decisions and actions. For example, take the case of a judge, whom on their own volition without the request of the Njuri Ncheke or the leadership chooses to refer the matter to that institution whereas this matter is properly provided for in law. The County Assembly is guided and draws its authority from the same Constitution, to oversight the actions of the Meru County Government. If it has reached a point where the MCAs, feel that the citizens of Meru County are not getting justice in terms of services from their county government, then they are allowed to carry out their constitutional mandate in whichever way that they deem fit. This was a strange decision. There are many such others, where a judge makes a decision and you wonder if they fully appreciate the consequences of their decisions. There are many such examples and things that we could speak about. Lastly, just in mentioning how these decisions are increasingly becoming the norm, rather than the exception. I am a football fan and I follow what happens a lot in our football circles. For a long time, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has been unable to hold elections because of court cases. We are provided with tribunals by the law. The jurists that sit in these tribunals have the technical knowledge of how some of these institutions operate. For example, we have the water, rent and sports tribunals. You will find a judge issuing orders ex parte, such as the case in the FKF elections and giving the next mention date to be sometimes in October, long after the officials presently in office would have since left office. This is in light of the fact that we are about to hold---"
}