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    "id": 1002514,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Linturi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have heard the people of Kirinyaga County speak. They have spoken through their representatives. I invite every Senator here to look at the Second Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya, which has clearly put the oath that we take. May I remind them that the oath that we take when we are sworn in is to bear true allegiance to the people and the Republic. The Oath of Assumption of Office of Governor is different from ours because they are supposed to truly serve the people. When we look at the Speaker, the President and his Deputy, it is true allegiance to the people; be faithful to the people and the Republic. A Cabinet Secretary (CS) does not do that. I agree that impeachment is a new phenomenon in this country. Since there is no developed jurisprudence on how this is supposed to be done, we must seize the moment to create jurisprudence in the manner in which future impeachments will be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Article 185 of the Constitution lays down the legislative authority to the counties. Article 185(3) says that one of the serious duties of the county assemblies is oversight. Section 8 (b) of the County Governments Act clearly states or defines the authority of the county assembly in terms of what they need to do and what is expected of them. What the County Assembly of Kirinyaga did is within their mandate. For consistency, I want this to go on record. I remember last time I sat here and listened quietly because I was a Member of the Committee that was proposed to impeach former Governor Waititu. I was listening to what the distinguished Senators were saying that day. What is shocking me today is the change of heart of the very serious proponents of the Plenary sitting to try former Governor Waititu at that time. I remember – and the HANSARD can bear me out – I said that a time will come when we will remember the position we are taking and be required to be answerable to it because our governors or friends will be brought here. Since this House sets precedent, it is not more than two months ago that this House voted unanimously to go the Plenary way. This was despite some of us opposing because we thought that a Committee could interrogate the matter better than the Plenary. However, because of the interest then, people decided to use reason and apply a method they thought was best at that time. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of this, I am considering the pain that I can see the people of Kirinyaga County speak with. If we are to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), corruption is one of the things that we must fight."
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