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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to oppose this Motion. I wish to associate myself with the sentiments of Sen. Murkomen and Sen. Orengo. With regard to impeachment, you are talking about “gross”. I think this House has addressed itself on several occasions in each of the various impeachment motions to that particular threshold of “gross”. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at it from the evidence presented before us, from the counter by the governor, there is no gross violation of the Constitution. However, I want to state clearly that what exists in Nyeri County is a management crisis. Even as we proceed to vote on this matter, it should be clear that to the Governor of Nyeri, there is a management crisis. Sen. Wetangula asked one question; within this management crisis that we are witnessing within Nyeri County, where is the position of the Deputy Governor? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the governor himself indicated that for quite some time, he has not been around the county because of the reasons that are best known to us, but the Deputy Governor is completely missing in the equation. This means there is a problem within the management and governance structure in the county. For you to keep six County Officers (COs) on acting capacity, that is a crisis in itself. These are the accounting officers. So, I want to ask the governor that for me, I will be expressing my vote on this particular one. I think the issues are not as gross as required by the Constitution but the governor must sit down with his executive and his county assembly together with the Senator and address the serious management crisis within Nyeri County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to address myself to one particular fact. This is the fifth impeachment motion that we are handling as a Senate. However, the enthusiasm with which the National Assembly Members coming from this particular County have shown interest in this matter leaves a lot to be desired. Members of this House have been receiving messages, we saw people demonstrating and we saw people making certain positions known. We want to tell the National Assembly Members from Nyeri that this House will not be directed on how it is going to discharge its mandate. The best we need from them is that when a matter goes to the National Assembly to support this Senate in terms of oversight, giving us the resources to do oversight, they should be at the forefront supporting the Senate and the county assembly so that these institutions mandated by the Constitution can carry out their responsibility, but not to transfer their bitterness which we do not understand for what reason. As a Senate, we will not be directed. We are going to discharge our mandate on the basis of the Constitution. With those few remarks, I do oppose."
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