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    "content": "The Judiciary has great people in the Court of Appeal; it has great people in the Supreme Court who taught me; some of them we taught together both at Moi University, Catholic University and at the University of Nairobi. Speaking to them privately, most of those judges are also frustrated by their colleagues who cannot appreciate the basic requirements of the law. So, it is not true to say that all judges are against the Senate. It is also not true to say that all judges are dishing orders the way they are. Even judges themselves are wondering how to drive some of their colleagues to appreciate the sense of separation of powers and to appreciate that the other institutions of Government require each other. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a sense of which I think that the attack on the Senate is related to the fact that the Senate does not control any resources. There is a correlation, because you know that all the counties are donating Kshs22 million to the Council of Governors (CoGs). All the 47 counties are giving the CoGs Kshs22 million while the Treasury has also allocated a colossal amount of money to the CoGs as required by law to run their affairs. So, the CoGs kitty is full; it is overflowing. It is looking for another cup which it can fill. There is a possibility, therefore, that there is a correlation from the fact that---"
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