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    "content": "whims of a bloated international egotism”. The clarification that I seek is whether the US President followed the required protocol in inviting the Chief Justice of an independent country? Thirdly, in his remarks, and I have the speech that the President of the US read out in the meeting with the chief justices, which I will table and it is also available on the White House website, he alluded to the issue of helping to fund the Judiciary and expressed willingness to partner with our Judiciary and others in Africa to strengthen their independence. That in itself is an oxymoron. Our Constitution is clear in Article 174 in the manner in which the Judiciary is funded through the creation of the Judiciary Fund, whose Estimates are approved by this House and are a charge on the Consolidated Fund. The clarification that I seek from the Leader of Majority Party is whether this in itself is an interference with the independence of our Judiciary if we start trying to get funding or assistance from other States? I will quote what the President said in one sentence of his speech. He said: “On a basic level, judicial systems require funding to do their jobs”. He continued to say “In this meeting, I want to hear from you how we can be more helpful and encourage in building stronger judiciaries and systems of law around the continent. We want to work with partners across Africa to strengthen the independent judiciaries”. That is an oxymoron and goes against the issue of independence. Finally, we know and media reports have stated that when President Obama was in Senegal, he advocated for gay rights and called on African Governments to give gay people equal rights by de-criminalizing homosexual acts. In his remarks to the chief justices of the continent, he actually asked the media to walk out so that he could discuss such matters in private. I will read again his speech: “Thanks to all of you who have in some cases travelled from a very long way to be here. Of course, we know Kenya is far from Senegal, and with that, let me give the Press a moment to depart so that we can have a good conversation”. The question is: Which conversation is this? Is there an attempt to introduce gay rights or tolerance for gay issues in this country which is a very religious country? Is that a matter that is being supported by the Chief Justice or by the Judiciary? That is the clarification that I seek from the Leader of Majority Party."
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