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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kaluma",
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        "legal_name": "George Peter Opondo Kaluma",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak on this Motion. As a Member of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, I needed to tell the Members of this House the difficulties we experienced in considering this matter. Somebody like me was taught the Law of Contracts and enforcement of contracts by Commissioner Ahmednasir Abdullahi. I believe one of the Judges mentioned in this report – Judge Warsame – is one of the best judicial minds that we have in this country. I know Magistrate Ominde and most the people sitting in the JSC. So, that is how difficult it was for us. Therefore, what I wanted to say is very brief. If there are people who would not recommend this on grounds other than law and principle, it is me. My own spouse is an employee of the JSC but we have to make these decisions. I wanted to confirm that we invited the members of the JSC, through the Clerk of the National Assembly; but they did not bother to come. Instead, we received a letter from a lawyer, saying that there is need for respect and constraint. What has since happened is that we have seen these members of the JSC before a judge, whose recommendation seeks to gag Parliament from discharging its mandate. Hon. Speaker, you have made a ruling on this matter and, therefore, I do not want to go far. However, I wanted to confirm to the nation and this House that there is a litany of cases – over ten – quoted in the book I am holding. If the Judiciary, including the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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