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    "id": 62570,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 47,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I would like to draw the attention of my very good learned friend. While I respect the views he has in this amendment that this amendment will violate the Constitution, the definitions of the key officers of both the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and the High Court is already contained in the Constitution. For example, if you look at Article 164 on page 104 of the Constitution, you will find that it says that there shall be a President of the Court of Appeal who shall be elected by the judges of the Court of Appeal from amongst themselves. For the High Court, there is Article 165 on page 105. Sub-Article 2 of Article 165 says that there shall be a Principle Judge of the High Court who shall be elected by the judges of the High Court. With regard to the Supreme Court, the position is already provided for in Article 163 which says that there is established a Chief Justice who shall be the President of the court. Therefore, I would like to plead with my learned friend to reconsider this amendment."
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