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    "id": 665848,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I really get very excited when I hear some of the things that people think about me and it reminds me about my early days. When I was a little boy in Musingu High School, nobody would ever have imagined that we would scale the heights that we have. I am very proud of the Chief Justice because he has really fought for this country. This is a man who in 1997 many started thinking that he would be the compromise presidential candidate. I remember he led us in the National Convention Executive Council (NCEC) when we were fighting for the greater expanded democratic space in this country. I used to buy tickets in the Akamba Bus for Prof. Kivutha Kibwana and (Dr.) Willy Mutunga to come and address us in Kakamega when I was the coordinator of the NCEC in the former Western Province. It has been a very long journey. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am proud of his résumé. Indeed, if he chooses to pen his biography, it will be a must read for the children of this country. I am equally proud of his tenure as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. More importantly, he made me very proud today to the extent that Sen. Billow shared with me on a light moment that maybe we should continue pursuing our careers as Senators in view of the high stature that we apparently have not realised that we occupy in the echelons of power in this country. In seconding the Senate Majority Leader, I would like to celebrate the following moments of the life of the Judiciary under Dr. Willy Mutunga. First is his advisory opinion on the role of the Senate in terms of Bills concerning the two Houses of Parliament. Had that advisory opinion not been given in the manner that it was, it was going to render this Senate completely useless. Secondly, I want to celebrate the ruling of last night on the retirement age where the Supreme Court was involved because it was not too clear to some of us who are not lawyers. He upheld the ruling by the Court of Appeal that the retirement age is 70 years. That is very important. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you and I who were MPs at that time will remember that we momentarily lost our seats so as to quickly take a new oath. As soon as we did that, Members of the Cabinet rushed to State House to also take a new oath under the new Constitution in 2010. Similarly, all judges took that oath. It, therefore, meant that Justice Kalpana Rawal and Justice Philip Tunoi were taking an oath under the new Constitution, vowing that they shall not only abide by the Constitution but they will also retire at 70 years. Sometimes I look at a doctor like you and feel we are privileged because we are extremely factual and we are forced to make critical moments in the so-called the golden hour where if you make a decision just minutes or seconds later, a patient dies. If we had the luxury of the legal profession, we would be protracting things the way they do. A simple thing like this one of reading that the retirement age is 70 years has taken so much The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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