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    "id": 1005574,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1005574/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13195,
        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
        "slug": "cleophas-wakhungu-malalah-2"
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    "content": "To support the second charge of abuse of office and gross misconduct, the County Assembly made the following allegations- (1) Violation of Section 46 of Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act. (2) Improper conferment of benefits on a public officer. (3) Disregard of the recommendation of the County Public Service Board regarding the remuneration of members of the Board of Kirinyaga Investment Authority. (4) Payment of Kirinyaga Investment Development Authority (KIDA) Board members outside the Integrated Financial Management System Information System (IFMIS) and County Government payroll; and, (5) Payment of imprest amounting to more than Kshs14 million paid to Mr. Francis Muriithi Kariuki. (6) Violation of the right to health of the people of Kirinyaga. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to address this House on the issue of the threshold that is required to impeach the Governor. The issue of the threshold for impeachment is complex and does not contain a simple mathematical formula. During the Senate’s consideration of the Report of the Special Committee investigating the removal of the Governor of Kericho, on 3rd June, 2014, the Senate adopted the Committee’s recommendation that the threshold for impeachment should take into account the following considerations - (1) The allegations must be serious, substantial and weighty. (2) The violation must be flagrant and glaring. (3) There must be a nexus between the violation and the governor (4) The violation must have led to harm, loss or damage to society. (5) The violation must have led to a loss of dignity in the office held and loss of confidence or trust in the person holding office, to carry out the functions of that office with integrity and accountability. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the threshold was also used by the Senate in the subsequent consideration of the proposed removal from office, by impeachment, of Hon. Mwangi wa Iria, the Governor of Murang’a County in November, 2015. This Special Committee adopted the above threshold for the consideration of removal, by impeachment, of Governor Ann Waiguru, as adopted by the Senate on 3rd June, 2015. In the course of its investigation of this matter, the Special Committee has observed a number of issues that, though outside the specific charge---"
}