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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mbuvi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mbuvi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for granting me time to contribute to this important Motion. Before I proceed, I would like to take this House back to our previous contributions. I concur with Sen. (Dr.) Machage’s remarks. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while seated there, I received a message from one of the senior officers in the Judiciary. The content of the message is that we should not blame the Judiciary because of mistakes committed by another bench sitting in Kiambu, Embu, Kirinyaga or wherever else. I remember, in a similar Division of Revenue Bill last year, the Supreme Court gave a very favourable advisory opinion in our favour. The mistakes committed by some judges should not be blamed on the entire Judiciary. If today I, as Sen. Sonko, sleep on the road or punch the walls, we cannot blame Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Elachi or any other Senator. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we were supposed to go back to the same bench to disqualify that bench which delivered a ruling in favour of Governor Wambora because it had an interest in the same matter which was before them because they had earlier delivered a ruling in favour of the same Governor. So, there was no way they could set aside their ruling or decision. From the message that I received from this officer of the Judiciary, and from the understanding that I have in the law process of this country, we are either supposed to---"
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