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    "id": 570368,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/570368/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1154,
        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "The tragedy of this old matter is that the chief magistrates and the principal magistrates cannot apply to be promoted to the position of Judge of the High Court or Judge of the Court of Appeal, the reason being that there is an express provision that requires that if one has been on the bench and is required to have been vetted but has not been vetted, one cannot be promoted. So, they are working under frustration, knowing that they cannot be promoted. That is why we are seeking that this particular sub-section be deleted. What constrained the Board was not indolence. As you know, the Board is composed of judges from the Commonwealth. The term of those judges expired and they left. The process of recruiting new ones took a little bit of time because they had to come through the National Assembly, and we concluded that process in 2014. So, we got the three judges only last year. That was the only way they could have reconstituted the Board. The drafters of the Constitution, in their wisdom, said that for purposes of ensuring that there is impartiality, there must be, at least, three foreign judges in the Board. So, the delay was caused in recruiting the three judges from the Commonwealth. They are now in place and their term ends on 31st December, 2015. We have agreed with the Board that they will constitute three panels for purposes of expediting the vetting of the remaining chief magistrates and principal magistrates. We hope that they will be through by 31st December, 2015."
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