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    "id": 166415,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I find it very difficult to support this Bill in its current form. Those who have spoken before me have cited Clause 9(14). If you look at this clause closely, even though the Bill gives a clear procedure of constituting the Board, which will subsequently vet the judges, this particular clause is erasing all the good provisions in this Bill. It is like giving with your right hand and taking away with the left hand. This particular provision says that nothing under this clause shall be construed as precluding the President, in consultation, with the Prime Minister from nominating and forwarding names other than those submitted by the Public Service Commission (PSC). Therefore, the President has been given a blank cheque by this Bill to appoint anybody from anywhere in consultation with the Prime Minister. That is not what we wanted. That is not why we voted for a new Constitution. That is not the vetting that we wanted. Therefore, I am urging this House that unless this particular clause is removed from this Bill, then it needs to be withdrawn from the House by the Minister, so that thorough work is done. This is not the first time. It is not even the Committee on Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) which has pointed out this provision. When this Bill was brought here the other time, I remember that we discuss this thing; this matter came up and I spoke about it, and the Minister promised to do something. It is surprising that we still find this particular provision here."
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