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    "id": 939521,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to this Statement. I would like to begin by congratulating Sen. Cherargei for coming up with this Statement. When I was growing up, I remember during the English lesson, we used to have similes such as, “As sober as a judge.” From a very young age, I knew well that judges were able to do whatever they did in a very sober manner, without any form of interference. Madam Temporary Speaker, it is paradoxical. I did not know how to behave when I heard the statement from the CJ Maraga stating that he will choose the State functions he will be attending. This statement is heavily loaded. It connotes a lot, in the fraternity of law. When a judge makes such a statement, being sober and in his right mind, it tells you that he is not able to hold his emotions anymore. He is not able to keep it anymore, but he has decided to let go because he wants to be free in his heart and mind. Madam Temporary Speaker, as a nation, there is need for everyone to realize that this Constitution cannot work without the Judiciary. The Judiciary interprets and protects the Constitution. There are instances when people come up with statements that do not seem to hold water. People are even arrested, as a result of the statements they made at some point. When the statements are taken to the judicial system, critically and impartially analyzed, people go scot free. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Judiciary serves wananchi as the watch dog of the ills that happen in the society. Without the Judiciary, many ills will take place in the society, and the common man will be helpless and defenseless. There are instances where even when people have been put in prison and accused wrongly, after ten years, it comes out clearly that these people were on the right. The Judicial system should not be given the teeth, it has the teeth. These teeth must be enhanced. In enhancing the teeth of the judicial system, they need to be remunerated well with a handsome package. They need to be encouraged in whatever they are doing. They need to be completely separate from the Executive and the Legislature. If they are autonomous, they will have the strength and the teeth to defend"
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