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    "id": 939298,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "former President Moi is in court himself. When you go to court, you go through lawyers who represent you. Everybody in this country knows that former President Moi has been in and out of court on land issues and many things. Former President Kibaki has also been taken to court. For your comfort, it is not only former President Moi, even former President Kibaki has been taken to court. Even President Uhuru has been taken to court; we even removed him from office through court. Do not worry about that. What we are saying is that we want a Judiciary that is respected, is accountable, defends the people and is the last point of call for anybody in distress. That Judiciary will not function if the Executive is pressing panic buttons everyday against it. The Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Planning should be told that he has absolutely no business truncating the budget of the Judiciary. Sen. Cherargei comes from Nandi County, where recently - Sen. Orengo may remember - people were killed on a farm because of adjudication of a case that was filed in court 40 years ago yet we are talking of expeditious disposal of cases. When the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) appoints judges, the only duty the President has is to sign a gazette notice of appointment. He has no other business. If he has any evidence that Justice Mumbi Ngugi, who we respect so much, has any misconduct of any nature, let him set up a tribunal. That is what the law enjoins him to do. Let him set up a tribunal and investigate her publicly. I am sure that none of those judges are afraid of that, but the President is not enjoined in any law to pass any value judgment on a provision of appointment by the JSC. My brother, Justice Kihara Kariuki, should advice the President in accordance with the law and the Constitution for him not to embarrass himself and the country. The President is busy because he has to deal with issues such as Al-Shabaab raids, police misconduct and many other things. Therefore, those who advise him must also carry the responsibility."
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