Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 362485,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/362485/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 293,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng’",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
    },
    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you; I hope that is not sabotage of the Minority. As I rise to second this Motion; I also wish to thank Members of the Committee for the work done. As I second, I wish to bring to the attention of the House a number of issues. One, we were perturbed by the fact that we were being brought a nominee who was just two years shy of retirement age. Someone who is a judge under Section 167 of the Constitution must retire at 70 years; this also applies to the CJ and the DCJ. So the Committee was worried that this could have been a ploy for someone to bring their own person as part of a strategy in the Judiciary. As you know, the CJ will retire almost at the same time as the time when we expect this lady to retire. The CJ was born in 1947 and the DCJ was born in 1946. So these people will retire almost at the same time, and the Committee was worried. Is there a plan maybe to have these two people going at the same time, so that people can have their own preferred candidates? That is a matter that perturbed the Committee as we went through this exercise. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the major issues that really concerned us was the three key issues that the Chair has highlighted. This hon lady has had the good fortune of presiding over three very controversial cases. Hon. Gor Sungu read a statement within the precincts of Parliament, but this lady went ahead and awarded damages of about Kshs3 million. If this trend continues, hon. Members will not have the right to talk about issues that are dear to them due to fear that certain people may file court cases against them. So, these are issues which the House must consider even as we go ahead."
}