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"speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
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"content": "Kirinyaga County Assembly, convened a meeting of the Senate on 16th June, 2020, to hear charges against the Governor. Consequently, hon. Senators, the Senate, on 16th June, 2020, pursuant to Section 33 (3) (b) of the County Governments Act, 2012 and Standing Order No. 75 (1) (b) (i), by resolution, established a Special Committee comprising 11 of its Members to investigate the matter of the proposed removal from office, by impeachment, of the Governor of Kirinyaga County, and to report to the Senate within 10 days of its appointment, on whether it finds the particulars of the allegations to have been substantiated. Hon. Senators, for your information, both Section 33 (6) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order No.75 (4) provide as follows: - “If the special committee reports that the particulars of any allegation against the governor— (a) have not been substantiated, further proceedings shall not be taken under this section in respect of that allegation; or, (b) have been substantiated, the Senate shall, after according the governor an opportunity to be heard, vote on the charges.” The Chairperson of the Special Committee will shortly lay on the Table of the House the Report of the Committee. Once it is laid, hon. Senators will have time to peruse it. No action will be taken immediately, but the Senate will be suspended for thirty minutes in order to allow hon. Senators some time to go through the Report. This is so because at the point at which the Report will be laid, it is not known to the House, which of the two procedures provided in Section 33(6) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order No. 75 (4), will be applied. The Committee Report will determine the procedure to be applied thereafter. After the hon. Senators have had the opportunity of perusing the Report and establishing the findings of the Special Committee, in the event that the Special Committee reports that any particulars of the allegations have been substantiated, a Motion will be listed for business in a Supplementary Order Paper, which once prepared, will be circulated when we reconvene after thirty minutes. Debate will then ensue in the usual manner, and at the conclusion thereof, the Senate will proceed to vote on each of the impeachment charges, after according the Governor the opportunity to be heard. Hon. Senators, in this regard, an invitation has been extended to the Governor of Kirinyaga County to sit in the Gallery during debate on the Motion. At the appropriate time before I put the question on the Motion, the Governor will appear, if present, before the Senate and be heard, either by herself or her legal representative. I wish to inform the hon. Senators that if the Governor chooses to exercise this right to appear and be heard by the Senate, she shall be heard here, either by herself or her advocate in total silence. The Governor’s speech shall not be followed by any question or comment and the Senate shall, thereafter, immediately proceed to vote on each allegation found to have been substantiated. Hon Senators, in the event that the Special Committee finds that the charges against the Governor have not been substantiated, further proceedings on this matter shall not be taken, and I will give further guidance on how to proceed. I thank you."
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