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    "speaker_name": "Ms. Karua",
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        "legal_name": "Martha Wangari Karua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support the Motion. The Mover of the Motion has gone through the names and the qualifications. All the names are approved rightly. I know some of the nominees as people who have practised in courts. I want to confirm that Justice Omollo is one of the great legal minds this country has. I also want to say that Ahmednassir is another great legal mind that this country has. I notice that there was controversy in the approval of Lawyer Ahmednassir, but the Committee has very ably, in its report, indicated all the allegations that had been leveled against him and the evidence. In their wisdom, they dismissed those allegations. On what basis would we, therefore, now stop the appointment of Ahmednassir? I am at a loss why three Members of the Committee dissented because, once the Committee dismisses the allegations, then due process demands that we proceed with the appointment unless there is any other overwhelming hindrance. I have looked at the other nominees and none is controversial. However, it is a pity that we have not been able to start renewal of our institutions. There are people who are there by virtue of their positions in the institutions, like the Chairman of the Public Service Commission. We need to move with speed so that we have people who are validated by the new Constitution moving to be members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). I have worries, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that the Government is dilly- dallying over the appointment of the Attorney-General under the new Constitution. If we have the old heavyweights sitting in the JSC without any changes and without validation,"
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