{"id":706530,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/706530/?format=json","text_counter":187,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Ng’ongo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":"Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Contempt of Court Bill of 2016. My understanding and that of many is that the court or judicial system of any country is meant to check the State organs and other bodies, which if not, would not act in the best interest of the citizenry of that country. Respect for courts is mandatory if a democracy is to function. I want to remind ourselves what happened in the United States of America in 2000. If the Americans had not respected the verdict of the courts of the election of Gorge W. Bush Junior, America would have degenerated to chaos. The same happened in this country in 2013 and were it not for the respect of courts, this country would have gone back to what we saw in 2007. Therefore, citizens of a country must respect the court system."}