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"speaker_name": "Mr. M. Kilonzo",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a watershed moment for the country. Although it is true that we have not allowed the word âgolden handshakeâ, I have worked with the judges and magistrates of this country for nearly 40 decades and know that they are wonderful and amazing people who have devoted their careers and lives to serving their country. I would like to request them to subject themselves to this law without fear because, ultimately, the small price that they pay by subjecting themselves to vetting will be the greatest gift they give to Kenya; by this country being able to speak with one voice, that we truly have a new Judiciary. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to conclude by quoting a phrase from Mr. August Heckscher at a college, on 4th April, 1957, when he said:- âIn one sense, freedom is always in a crisis, just as beauty is, and honor and truth; all those things which man has made for himself as a garment against the ever-present blasts of the barbarian spirit. Internal vigilance is the condition not alone of liberty, but of everything which as civilized men, we hold dear.â"
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