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    "id": 42733,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/42733/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Ongeri",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Education",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
        "slug": "samson-ongeri"
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a fairly straightforward Bill. Article 163(3) of our Constitution establishes the Supreme Court of Kenya. We have not had an opportunity to have a supreme court of Kenya. There have been so many disparities in our various levels of jurisdiction that the public felt disenchanted whenever they had to go for appeals. They felt short-changed. Therefore, the establishment of the Supreme Court offers an opportunity for all Kenyans who are aggrieved in one way or the other, to be able to ventilate their feelings through the Supreme Court. More so, of immediate interest to us all, we had a very traumatic experience during the post-election violence. The arguments then for and against were that we did not have a credible judicial system that would be able to listen to the complaints of the aggrieved parties. In the absence then of the Supreme Court, the obvious happening was chaos that we all witnessed with so much trauma, bleeding and death and many anti- social activities that took place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that the setting up of a Supreme Court is a step in the right direction. We will be able to listen carefully, so that the court has the final jurisdiction over matters that either the group, the parties or individuals may be able to present before this court. One of the things that attracts our attention in this Bill is that one of the reasons that we have had a judiciary which has been a bit hesitant in making decisions and hence creating a backlog of cases has been as a result of the action that was taken where some of the judges may have been removed from the Bench, rightfully or wrongfully."
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