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    "id": 1038911,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndegwa Njiru",
    "speaker_title": "The Counsel for Nairobi City County Assembly",
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    "content": "Mr. Ashioya Biko Brian, in giving the opening statement. I will only take 10 minutes and reserve the rest to him. Mr. Speaker, Sir, and the hon. Members of the Senate, this House has gathered here today to hear the Motion on the Impeachment of the Governor of Nairobi County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it shall be noted that the Motion before you was moved and passed by an overwhelming majority of 88 Members of County Assembly (MCAs), representing various wards in this county. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the MCAs moved the Motion for this impeachment and the resolution for the impeachment of the Governor, they were not actuated with malice. They were moving to enhance the provisions of Article 10 of the Constitution in so far as the protection of the sovereignty of the people of this Republic is in issue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Members of Nairobi County Assembly moved to pass a resolution to impeach the Governor having well acknowledged the provisions of Article 10 that calls for the Principles and the Values of Governance in so far as the questions of transparency, accountability, good governance and aspects of integrity are in issue. They were not lost of the fact that when somebody assumes an office and that of the status of the Governor, that person’s conduct and behaviour, either in public or in private, must be beyond reproach. It must be a conduct that squares out with that of the Caesar’s wife. What are we having? We have a case of a Governor gone rogue; a Governor who fails to appreciate that he is holding a public office and there is expectation of him that has been set down by the law. This House and the previous Houses enacted the Leadership and Integrity Act. More so, the people of Kenya enacted Chapter 6 of the Constitution that laid the bare minimum upon which a State officer or a public officer must conduct himself. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in our proceedings, it shall marvel you when we present evidence, overwhelming evidence, to the fact that the Governor is not fit to continue holding this office. To the fact that the Governor has not only abrogated Chapter 6 and the Leadership and Integrity Act, but he has also fragrantly misconstrued and held himself in a manner that is contemptuous to the sovereignty of the people of Kenya. We will be posing a question, in the fullness of time, upon presentation of our witnesses as to whether this is one person who is fit to continue holding this office. It shall be presented before you overwhelming evidence of how a governor has plundered the resources of this county, the resources of the Wanjiku and the resources of the \"hustler nation\" that is always spoken about. Everybody must be called to account; be it the \"hustler nation\" or the \"dynasty nation.\" That is what the County Assembly of Nairobi is moving to do to you this morning. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it shall surprise you how a governor out of the frolic of his own has moved to square out and compete with the extravagance of Marie Antoinette. We are actually having a position of the French Revolution. The French Revolution was triggered by the extravagance of the Queen. The extravagance of the Queen cost the reign of King Louis XVI. If it happened in 1679, why should it not happen in the 21st Century? If it happened then, Hon. Members, why should a governor who demonstrates extravagance The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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