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    "id": 82921,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/82921/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wako",
    "speaker_title": "Mr. Attorney-General",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 208,
        "legal_name": "Sylvester Wakoli Bifwoli",
        "slug": "wakoli-bifwoli"
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we are talking about reforms, of course, many cases of violation of human rights have occurred and a number of things have happened. The history of this country since Independence is well laid out and everybody can see it. That is why the country has been clamouring for a new Constitution and all of us have been involved in our own ways. Some people in the Opposition and some in the Government have been involved. We have been involved in trying to see that we get a new Constitution. The record of the HANSARD is here. It shows what the Attorney-General stated in this House from time to time beginning in May, 1991 on the issue of having a new Constitution. We know what delayed it for more than 18 years. We were very much involved on just working on the review process. However, since all that has happened, we are now enjoying a new constitutional order. That is the point that I am trying to make. That is why I support this Motion before this House. I support this Motion because even when I was the Chairman of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), it was under my watch then that we demanded that the LSK be a member of the Judicial Service Commission. That is a fact and the records are there. At that time, we did not envisage that the member from the LSK will be done through an election. We envisaged that the member will merely be appointed by the council but this Constitution has gone a step further and stated that we should carry out an election properly so that we can elect a representative to the Judicial Service Commission."
}