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    "id": 643618,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/643618/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Baiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Among the challenges that they faced as they have informed us was that Kenyans were very reluctant to come forward and represent complaints about corruption or misbehaviour of former judges. That tended to reduce the grounds upon which they could take action against any of the judges. I have also heard issues being raised that some of the judges who were vetted were victims. This process is like any undertaking done by human beings. It cannot be said to be beyond reproach. It is safe to state that as far as the criteria of vetting was concerned, the Act which was enacted by Parliament clarifying the mandate of this Board was very clear. We even gave the criteria which would be used to vet the judges and magistrates who were then servicing. They were not arbitrary criteria. They were derived from what we call the Bangalore Principles of Judicial Practice. These criteria have not been brought to the Kenyan experience before, but it was very relevant to the conduct of sitting judges and magistrates to test their integrity, competence and ability to uphold the dignity of the institutions they carry and issues on corruption."
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