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    "id": 362557,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I basically have no issue with the honesty of this lady. I have no issue with her morality and her temperament. But I want to oppose this report as a matter of principle. The Judiciary that we currently have in place in Kenya is supposed to be a reformist Judiciary, bearing in mind where we are coming from, as a country. I am afraid that if you look at the track record of this lady, there is nothing that qualifies her as a reformist of whatever shade. In fact, I was amazed, - whoever had time to listen to part of her interview was amazed - when she was struggling to define human rights. At one point, she said that human rights is difficult to define, if I am not wrong. If defining human rights is difficult, then nothing can be easily defined. Appointing this lady as the Deputy Chief Justice is basically an attempt to have the reactionary forces take over the Judiciary. The problem we have had in this country is the clique of conservative judges and magistrates, who have been a stumbling block to reforms and democracy. This lady is certainly part of that group, I can tell you. I also wonder what really happened at the Judicial Service Commission stage in this appointment process. I remember very well that there were very eminent women lawyers who appeared before that Commission. One of them is a former Chair of the Law Society of Kenya, who has become a Secretary to the Cabinet in charge of Defence. One of them was a former Chair of FIDA and many other eminent women lawyers. I do not think that bringing this lady to the Judiciary is in line with the trend to reform the Judiciary."
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