11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I before I move further, let me correct you. I am not Francis. My name is Franklin Mithika Linturi. It is important to have that corrected in the HANSARD. Franklin Mithika Linturi is my name. Madam Temporary Speaker, let me take this opportunity to first thank the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights for its bravery and explicitness in coming up with the recommendations that they have made in this Report. Considering the circumstances, the country is in, it takes great men of courage and strength to come out forcefully with great, but kind words, ...
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11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
I say this because the people who sit in this House; the 47 elected and the nominated Senators, will remember going by our mandate. I think we have a clear mandate, which is to protect the interests of our people in the counties. I believe that when the framers of our current Constitution and Kenyans decided on 27th August, 2010, to give themselves this Constitution, it was from a background and history of bad governance. Kenyans wanted a new order in the country because before then, the independence of the Judiciary was not there. Abuse of the law was rampant ...
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11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Any State officer who has sworn to defend this Constitution has the greatest responsibility to live and abide by the law because of the office that they hold.
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11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
The expected standards of behaviour and conduct of a Member of County Assembly (MCA) are different from what the public expects from a Member of Parliament (MP) both in the National Assembly and the Senate or the President.
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11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the report from the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights relates to a breach of our constitutional duty by the President to appoint judges that have gone through a rigorous selection exercise by a constitutional body, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), whose part of its mandate is to recruit judges and make recommendations to the President for appointment.
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11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
It is important to mention and note that in the membership of JSC, the Executive is represented. This is because the Attorney-General sits as a Member in that Commission.
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11 Nov 2021 in Senate:
When people apply for appointment as judges either of the superior of the High Court or the Court of Appeal, there is a notice that is published so that any Kenyan who has information that may disqualify any applicant from appointment in that particular office, shares it with the recruiting body, the JSC. This happened.
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