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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that The Vetting of Judges and Magistrates (Amendment) Bill be now read a Second Time. I want to thank you for giving me this important opportunity. I will be very brief because this House appears very much aware of the challenge we face. We passed a law called the Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Bill. His Excellency the President assented to it very readily, immediately after we passed it on 21st March. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, under Section 9 of that law, His Excellency the President, in consultation with the Prime Minister, was required to declare vacancies within seven days. However, the House, in its wisdom, declared that that declaration of vacancies only appears in the Kenya Gazette. It has been proved by direct experience that that was not enough. Therefore, we are seeking to amend that section to provide that His Excellency the President declares those vacancies in the Kenya Gazette and in at least two newspapers of national circulation. I want to assure you that I will be advising His Excellency the President to, in fact, declare those vacancies in all the available newspapers, on all radio stations, television and, for that matter, in any other media available, and to make sure that it appears clearly that all women who are qualified are encouraged to apply. The second amendment is simply in subsection (13) of Section 9, so that we provide that despite all the provisions regarding these vacancies, the President, in consultation with the Prime Minister, should an issue arise whereby the time for doing something is not sufficient, he can extend the time required for that purpose so long as he does not exceed that period by 21 days. That is the purpose of this law. It is well advised. It has been considered by the committee of Parliament on Oversight of the Implementation of the Constitution. I can see the able Vice-chair of that Committee looking at me very happily, knowing that I am presenting this in the best way possible. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move, and request my learned friend and successor in the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Mr. Githae, to second the Bill."
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