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    "id": 1041797,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndegwa Njiru",
    "speaker_title": "The Counsel for the Nairobi City County Assembly",
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    "content": "Madam Deputy Speaker, I am not a parliamentarian, permit me if I go wrong, but I will now adjust. There is a question that has been put as to the question of the letter dated 23rd November 2020. The letter is a purported complaint by the person facing the charges. The person facing very grievous charges involving the embezzlement of public funds, misuse of public funds and failure to abide by Article 201 on the question of prudent use of public resources. The question of integrity involving a person of a public office of the nature of a governor, if a daughter has to take a tour and needs to spend public resources, there must be a disclosure. That person is the one coming to impute and puncture holes at a witness who has brought a Motion to rescue the 4 million members of Nairobi City County. We must then look at the conduct of the person who brings such kind of allegations. The letter was done as a means of attempting to cajole and intimidate, harass and to embarrass the witness. This is why to date there is no action that has been taken by the bodies that are mandated to take action in so far as the question of investigations is an issue. We have to question the motive of that letter. It was not brought in good faith or has been brought by a man with clean hands. The man does not require any favor before the eyes of equity. The hands are dirty. They are so dirty in the sense that equity cannot aid. Clarification was sought on the issue of the witnesses, whether the threshold was met. Yes, both the arithmetical threshold in terms of quorum and the constitutional and statutory threshold were all met. If they were not met, having or enjoying the experience of my senior Mr. Kinyanjui the first day the resolution was done, he would have been in court to challenge the same. Suffice to note that even the application that was brought to challenge the processes in the High Court, case No.35 of 2020 was dismissed yesterday by Judge Mathew Nduma Nderi, even as we were in these proceedings. What does that tell you? It 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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