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    "id": 695175,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I would like to congratulate the County Assembly of Nyeri for carrying out their oversight responsibility with diligence and commitment. Apart from my own county, this is the first county assembly that I addressed with your permission outside my county. Of course I have addressed almost 10 counties. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to say straightforward that first of all I have some lamentation to make. Because of constraints of time, we are unable to delve into issues before us. Be it as it may, out of the rush, I will just go straight to the point so that I do not waste a lot of time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had the privilege of being the Vice Chair in the First Impeachment of a governor in this House. The impeachment of a governor is provided for in Article 181 of the Constitution. There are grounds of gross violation of the Constitution and the law where there is a serious reason believed that the county governor has committed a crime under national or international law and abuse of office and so on and so forth. The reason I am reading this is because I would like to go straight to the point. This Governor was brought to this House to be impeached on three grounds. Of the three, I would like to say without any fear of contradiction that failure to comply with the law is not a ground for impeaching a governor. Therefore, that gives me opportunity first of all to strike out the thought and reasoning that the Second Ground that was brought before this House is not a ground for removal of a governor, even though the grounds provided there could have been argued under gross violation of the law. That leaves me with two grounds to look at. The First Ground is gross violation of the Constitution. The grounds laid down here in support of this impeachment are matters related to finance. I have heard the County Assembly, the Governor and the witnesses brought before this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the summary of my thoughts is as follows. There are questionable issues regarding accountability on information related to finances in Nyeri County. These issues The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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