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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Judicial Service Commission Bill actually expands the principles that we have put in the Constitution. First of all, it recognizes the fact that the country has said that we want the appointment of judges to be transparent; that is, we do not want somebody to go to the President at night, like that judge who went to Abraham Lincoln and asked to be appointed a judge. I know that to be appointed a judge in this country, you need to know a very good politician. By “a good politician”, I mean “a connected politician” in fact, the word is influential. An influential politician is the one that knocks the door of State House at any time. That is how to become a judge. Otherwise, there is no other way of becoming a judge in the Republic of Kenya. If I am appointed by somebody in that manner, why do I not protect him? Why do I not support him? Why do I not check with him whenever I am about to make a judgment; whether it is pleasant? Why should I not check with him whether to jail this man for life or to give him 10 years because it just fell on me that I was appointed? It is overwhelming and I must pay back. So, that is how the Judiciary has been working."
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