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    "id": 69001,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on Tuesday, 26th October, 2010, this House adopted a Report from the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs, proposing that Justice Isaac Lenaola and Miss Emily Ominde be confirmed as members of the Judicial Service Commission, representing the Association of Judges and Magistrates. The Report I now table before this House is to conclude the process of establishing the Judicial Service Commission by filling the rest of the slots on the Judicial Service Commission. This is in accordance with Article 179 of the Constitution, which at Article 171(2) provides the membership of the Judicial Service Commission as follows:- “171(2) The Commission shall consist of- (a) the Chief Justice, who shall be the chairperson of the Commission; (b) one Supreme Court Judge elected by Judges of the Supreme Court; (c) one Court of Appeal Judge elected by Judges of the Court of Appeal; (d) one High Court Judge and one magistrate, one a woman and one a man, elected by members of the Association of Judges and Magistrates; (e) the Attorney-General; (f) two advocates, one a woman and one a man, each of whom has at least 15 years’ experience, elected by the members of the statutory body responsible for the professional regulation of advocates; (g) one person nominated by the Public Service Commission; and, (h) one woman and one man to represent the public, not being lawyers, appointed by the President with the approval of the National Assembly.” Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the House should also note the provisions of Clause 20(1) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, which provides as follows:-"
}