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    "id": 49492,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Procedural Motion:- THAT, this House orders that the referral period of the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. 9 of 2011) to the Departmental Committee of Justice and Legal Affairs be reduced from ten to one day. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are facing a national emergency. I would like to remind this country and this House that as of 27th of August last year, we had 12 months within which to vet judges. I would also like to remind the country that, in fact, even within those 12 months, the fact remains that by 26th of August, we must have vetted more than 230 judges and magistrates. I was just doing calculations. There are 25 days left in May, 30 in June, 31 in July and 26 in August, making a total of 112 days including Sundays, Saturdays and public holidays. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this panel that we want to recruit includes three foreign serving judges or retired judges. The House Business Committee (HBC) having recognized the urgency that this country now faces, has sought to fast track this amendment law which has been necessitated yet again by delays in the enactment of the original law. You will remember we ended up creating a calendar that required the President, after the law came into force on 22nd, to advertise these vacancies within seven days. Again, I think, in its wisdom, the House only allowed that advertisement to appear in the"
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