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    "id": 939526,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/939526/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13181,
        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to support the Statement and congratulate Sen. Cherargei, the Senator for Nandi County, for coming up with it. I also congratulate you for acquiring the new status of the Temporary Speaker. Madam Temporary Speaker, the interference of the Judiciary by the Executive is uncalled for, unworthy and in violation of the Constitution. Many have spoken, but we get to understand that the three arms of Government are independent of each other. These three arms of the Government draw their budget from taxpayer‟s money. Therefore, no arm of the Government is more important or above any other. If we look at the way the Judiciary is being interfered with by the Executive, especially when it comes to budget cuts, this is the highest violation we have ever experienced since independence. Madam Temporary Speaker, when I was watching the Chief Justice on the television trying to address the press on the challenges, suffering and the oppression that he or the Judiciary is going through, it leaves a lot to be desired. It is the high time that the Executive respects the other two arms of Government. Madam Temporary Speaker, corruption is rampant in the country today. Who will save Kenyans, if we allow the Judiciary, which is mandated to take charge of the corruption that we are experiencing? Many have blamed the Judiciary of its inability to perform its duties. They have been trying the much they can to utilize the few resources they have. However, hearing CJ, he is oppressed. He is under distress, and he can no longer perform. Being the head of the Judiciary, it tells the country that if that particular arm is suppressed, then all of us are suppressed. That is where any other common"
}