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    "id": 166433,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kajwang",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 164,
        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think two weeks to the general elections, the President appointed a judge. The thinking in the minds of those who were very surprised with this kind of appointment was: Why appoint a judge two weeks to an election? Those are some of the reasons which worked in some minds and they said: “We will not go to this court, because how do you go to a court where somebody has just been rewarded by being appointed a judge two weeks before the case goes before him?” What justice will you get? These are some of the things that made the Commissions recommend that we must deal with the Judiciary in a manner that will bring back public confidence. I think this Bill tries to do so. Of course, we have talked a number of nine. It seems like the membership of most Commissions is now nine. The Constitution has adopted that figure. I do not know whether we were looking at the original regions that we had in the country. We accept it. I participated to some extent. The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has looked at this Bill before it came to this House. We agreed that the number nine would cover largely the face of Kenya. The judicial radical surgery that was headed by one man caused so many injuries to so many people. I remember bringing a matter in Parliament here, on behalf of a judge who was denied his salary. He was threatened with an eviction from the House. He was told to surrender his car even before his case was heard and determined. I remember saying here that the Constitution presumes that a judge is a judge until the President accepts the ruling of a tribunal. I think reluctantly his house and car were returned back to him. His salary was restored. Later on, even when the matter was heard, I am glad without mentioning names, that the judge is back and doing a good job. So, it cost so much injury. It caused so many expenses that are unnecessary. In fact, those expenses are still continuing, because some the judges are appealing against the ruling of those tribunals."
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