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    "id": 42739,
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    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Shebesh",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rachel Wambui Shebesh",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have reached the conclusion that the courts have never been friendly to people, especially to women in this country. I say this without fear of contradiction. Therefore, I get a bit worried when I see a lot of reference to the Supreme Court. Looking a lot at the history and traditions of this country, I would like to imagine that because I am not a lawyer, I might not be understanding the history and traditions. If it is the history and traditions that for many years have marginalized women and minorities in this country, then I would really like the Minister to relook at the issue of having as a basis the history and traditions of what we have seen in the justice system of this country, because they have not been fair and it is not a history that we have been necessarily proud of. However, if it is speaking of the history in terms of learning from the past and then coming up with better things for the future, then I would accept it; I would be very hesitant to look at the history, for example, of how courts have determined cases that have, especially, dealt with issues relating to women like issues of inheritance, disputes when there is separation in marriages et cetera. Those are issues that I would really like clarity on, that that is not the history that the Supreme Court will be looking at. I would rather we deal with how to move out of being stuck in a broken record until people can almost anticipate that when you go to court with certain issues, you almost know what exactly the court will decide because of the history we have had."
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