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    "id": 1038925,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wilfred Nyamu",
    "speaker_title": "The Counsel for the Governor of Nairobi City County",
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    "content": "role as opposed to a legislative role. This is because these proceedings relate to a matter that may affect the fundamental rights and freedoms of an individual as envisaged under Article 47 (2) of the Constitution. We will be urging this hon. Senate to assume the role of an adjudicatory body when dealing with this matter; to have at the back of its mind that it is being asked to interfere with the fundamental rights of the governor of Nairobi, Hon. Mike Mbuvi Sonko, under Article 38 (3) of the Constitution, which is the right to be a candidate for public office and if elected, to hold office. It is also being requested to interfere and interrogate the situation as to whether it would interfere with the democratic rights and principles of the citizens of Kenya, and more specifically, the residents of Nairobi, of whom 800,000 elected hon. Mike Mbuvi Sonko as governor of Nairobi. Hon. Members of the Senate, in these particular proceedings, we shall be urging the House to consider that removal proceedings are initiated at the county assembly and concluded at the Senate. In that sense, it will not be tenable - we would urge this House to find so - that anything that was not initiated at the assembly be introduced in this hon. House. We shall be referring to the letter of invitation that was served to the governor, which letter referred to particulars and evidence as forwarded to the Speaker of this House by the Speaker of the county assembly. It is on the basis of that invitation and the documents that were served upon the governor by the Clerk of this hon. House that a response was prepared. We shall be requesting that this House bears in mind the provisions of Article 50(2) of the Constitution of Kenya, where it is provided that an accused person shall have the right to be informed of the charges with sufficient detail to answer to the same and have adequate time and opportunity to prepare a response."
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