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    "id": 82905,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/82905/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "The Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
        "slug": "wakoli-bifwoli"
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    "content": " Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to speak on this important Motion. We are talking about a new constitutional dispensation. We are talking about the beginning of constituting a new Judicial Service Commission, which answers to the letter and spirit of the new Constitution. The difference between the new Judicial Service Commission and the old one is that whereas the old one had five members, all appointees of the President, the current one will have more members, but they will not be appointees of the President. The democratic principle that constitutes this Commission is very critical. You will find that the members are not appointees of the President, but they are judges of the Court of Appeal elected by their own peers in the Court of Appeal. A judge of the High Court will be elected by their own peers in the High Court; there will be two members of the law society elected by members of the Law Society of Kenya. Therefore, you will find that there will be a democratic principle. However, overall, the major difference is that the Judiciary, now, under the new Constitution, is answerable to the people of this country. If you look at Article 1, you will see that it states very clearly that the sovereignty of this country lies in the people of Kenya. It is, therefore, the people of Kenya who have chosen to delegate their sovereignty to the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. So, the Judiciary is not answerable to the Legislature or the Executive, but to the people of this country."
}