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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chepkong’a",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Kiprono Chepkonga",
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    "content": "are all in agreement that the Standing Orders have been breached. Why should he tell us that he is opposing? Opposing what? The Standing Orders are very clear. With regard to Hon. Omulele, I am here to support him, because he is my friend. We serve together in the Committee on the Implementation of the Constitution (CIOC) under the able chairmanship of Hon. Njoroge Baiya. As you know, Hon. Omulele is an advocate like me. The only difference is that he is my junior and a very able person. Do not take him for granted. He believes in the ideals of ODM. In fact, severally, I have made attempts to persuade him to cross over to Jubilee, but he is very firm with a lot of decorum. In fact, he is one gentleman who will reject you with a smile. Not like Hon. Mbadi, who is looking at me without smiling. I have known Hon. Omulele to be very firm and considerate. This is the kind of person that we need to sit in that panel. When he sits there, he will tell you “no”, but with a lot of mercy. He is one gentleman that we needed like yesterday. When anyone sits on your seat, Hon. Speaker, he does not sit there as a Member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He sits there as a Member of Parliament so that he can regulate debate in the House. It is not intended that he represents the interests of anyone. At least when I speak here, I represent some interest. But for this, I represent the interest of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK). I hope they are listening. The other day, I heard the LSK, including its president who I thought is supposed to be a serious lawyer, purporting to say that they will come up with criteria on how the next Chief Justice (CJ) will be nominated. Some of those lawyers should read like Hon. Omulele. They should know that Article 249 of the Constitution provides that the members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) are independent and they cannot act under the authority or direction of anyone. The LSK cannot think that because they are lawyers, they can sit down and become a court of law. No! They must do so under the Constitution. I have known Hon. Omulele. He will not behave in the manner in which those lawyers are behaving. I know he is a sober man who understands the law. That is why I support him. I do not support him, like others have claimed because he is a Luhya. Although Luhyas are my neighbours, I do not support him for that reason. I support him because he has the capacity and competence that is required to discharge the responsibilities of a member of the Chairperson’s Panel. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support."
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