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    "id": 896378,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Yatta, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Kilonzo",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Charles Mutavi Kilonzo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a country where, if somebody is suspected…Serving at the pleasure of the Head of State or being a Cabinet Secretary does not make that office constitutional. So, if you are a suspect, or if you have been mentioned adversely, a tribunal needs to be appointed. The fact that the President does not like you is enough; you should not serve in his cabinet. I have seen that happen in the neighbouring countries and even in big democracies like the UK and America. The President or the Prime Minister will sack you or relieve you of your duties. The same people who are sitting in this Government as Cabinet Secretaries are the ones controlling the Judiciary. May I also mention the State of the Nation in as far as the Judiciary is concerned? It cannot be strong. It is very weak. The other day we saw cases of our Kenya National Examination Council and the IEBC. The companies that bribed in the UK were fined and the suspects were jailed for three years and they have finished their jail terms. This is the case and yet the cases of the guys from IEBC are yet to be heard. The guys who had cases in the Examination Council are serving in other State Corporations and county governments. Can we stand here and say that the state of the nation in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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