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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. However, I must register, alongside my colleagues, my lack of support for Section 9(14). I believe the Minister has heard us clearly, loudly and unequivocally. I want to start my support from Article 2 of the Constitution. The reason why Kenyans wanted a new Constitution is that the old Constitution enabled the President to rule this country as he wished, to distribute positions as he chose and even to use the resources of this country as he wished. This has been a source of war ever since. That is why, Kenyans in their wisdom, chose to change the Constitution. The new Constitution ensures that power in this country is devolved. This Constitution now ensures that positions in this country are given in a transparent manner and on competitive basis. The new Constitution now shares out resources of this country equitably. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to go further and support this Bill on account of its memorandum. It states:- “For the vetting of judges and magistrates who were in office on the date of the promulgation of this Constitution in order to determine their suitability to continue serving in the Judiciary in the new constitutional dispensation”. I think that was a brilliant piece by the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a country, it has been said time and again that we can tolerate a rogue Executive, we can live with a rogue Parliament but a rogue Judiciary is a recipe for anarchy. The only present we can give to this nation and the people who elected us is a good implementation of this Constitution. We are here on behalf of Kenyans to exercise the sovereign power of this nation. We must remain sensitive to the people of Kenya, as we do that noble job that we have been given. This is a House of debate. Motions and Bills should be won on the merits and lost on their demerits. It reduces this House to a house of demagogues if we wait for an opportunity to vote Motions. I want this House to do better than it has done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have nominations that have been brought to this House. Yesterday I was reading the Daily Nation newspaper. On the cartoon pages I saw the four appointees humbly assembled in front of the President telling him, “Mr. President we accept your nomination, but we have a problem here; how will we ensure our legitimacy?” Of course, other Members must have read the response. We cannot afford a false start because we will never have another opportunity to correct the wrongs we have lived with all along. This is the time to do it. We are men and women of honour. Let us show honour and give Kenyans what they deserve. I beg to support."
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