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    "id": 82895,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/82895/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Lands",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 129,
        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
        "slug": "james-orengo"
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not want to remember or live in the past. Kenya will be a greater nation when we think about the future. The future is what we are creating now. The happiest thing for me is that Judge Lenaola has been rendering exemplary service. He was in the Constitution Court initially, but because of the many good decisions he was making, he was quickly kicked away and taken to one of those courts in Meru and Kakamega. Now, I think this House can defend any such judge from unnecessary intimidation. You have shown that when a good judge appears before a Committee of Parliament and he has a good record, it takes a very short time for him or her to be confirmed. I know those with a lot of dirt will take a long time not just to be approved but also to account for the deeds of the past. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we should look at this positively. The lady magistrate also has a very good record and I hope that this trend will continue. Kenya will be a better place with such a Judiciary. Such a Judiciary should weather the storm of time and any authority knowing that it is only the Constitution of Kenya which is above them. No other power will be above any such court. Such a court can, in reality, arbitrate over conflicts between the Executive and Parliament and all other organs of Government. It is good that you are sitting on the Chair when this issue is going on. You got me out many times, and I got you out many times. So, we were brothers in the struggle. I will not also forget the gracious lady, Ms. Martha Karua. People forget the past, but the past makes us stronger. I know that if all of us had their own contributions, Kenya would be a better place. I beg to support."
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