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    "id": 695217,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, corruption and impunity is county No.48 of this country. In this bundle there is corruption and impunity. The governor then uses the mantra, like all of them do, “it was not me; it was somebody else.” If there was a charge of gross incompetence, Nyeri County counts for it. I am satisfied that the governor was served and he ignored the assembly. I see a systematic contempt of the County Assembly of Nyeri. He ignored them for seven days, because there is a default clause. That is impunity. If he cannot follow the law, dictate the law and show the people of Nyeri what to do, that is impunity. A county government spends Kshs48 million; Kshs29 million for renovation and the rest to pay rent for one year, and the Auditor-General thinks he can give them a slap on wrist to go home and think why they should pay rent for 10 years. How can the County Government of Nyeri perpetuate itself by imaging that they will be there for another term before the election? This is impunity. The people who were supposed to surcharge these people have given them a slap on the wrist. We are, therefore, left with an unenviable position of saying that we have no evidence and yet we can look at it. In the Committee of Chepkwony where I sat – this Report is one of the best that we have done – there were various contraventions but it was not gross violation because everybody thinks that you can give governors a slap on the wrist and go home; “It was not you, after all. Somebody else will do it.” The CEC member, produces a report, quotes the wrong section and does not see the problem with it. In fact, I am told that he is a doctor and he is doing finance. Gross negligence! You then wonder why we have a country that is so poor yet, we, leaders, are wining and dining in the best hotels. The Governor has violated so many laws, as Sen. Wako says. He has operated on the default Clause under 24 and the CEC, 137, yet he is supposed to be the Governor and set up that 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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