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    "id": 166502,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kamama",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology",
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        "legal_name": "Asman Abongutum Kamama",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will start by congratulating the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs for bringing this Bill to this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to say that most Kenyans are happy with this Bill and the sooner it is passed and taken to the President for assent, the better for everybody. Kenyans believe that justice belongs to the rich and not the poor. Kenyans believe that justice can only be bought; you cannot get it for free. So, the vetting of Judges is good news to all and sundry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we went to the Referendum, apart from all the reforms that Kenyans wanted, the Judiciary is the one that has let down this country. A bad Judiciary is a recipe for chaos and anarchy. If this Judiciary is not going to be reformed, we will end up actually being a banana republic. Somebody told me that the difference between Mogadishu and Nairobi is that, at least, we have police in Nairobi and there are no police in Mogadishu. We do not want to go into a situation like the one we are seeing in the neighbouring countries. So, we want justice dispensed to each and every Kenyan. We want every Kenyan to believe that they can access justice. Hon. Elmi mentioned something about High Courts in our places. In my district I get what we call mobile judicial services. A Judge or Magistrate comes once in a month to visit my people and then disappears. So, we want to have integrity in our new dispensation. We want to eradicate tribalism. We want a trusted judiciary."
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