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    "id": 1066652,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have served as a Member of a Committee investigating the removal of a Governor and as a leader in this House, hence I know the merits and demerits of a Committee process. I do agree with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. I served in the taskforce on devolved government that was constituted by the Minister of Local Government, Hon. Musalia Mudavadi. Sen. Orengo who was then the Minister of Lands asked for my curriculum vitae under the instructions of the former Prime Minister. The Prime Minister had asked that I be a member of that committee. We sat through and thought of the removal of a governor. You will be interested to know that the Secretariat was headed by our own Ms. Eunice Gichangi, who was my lecturer, and is a member of staff in this House. We served in the same committee with judges such as Justice Pauline Nyamweya, Prof. Mutakha Kangu and the first Govenor of Kitui, Governor Julius Malombe and we are proud of what we achieved. We borrowed directly from Article 145 of the Constitution which is on the impeachment of the President and that is why we decided that it was important to conclude the matter in the Committee and not bring it in the plenary if the person is not found guilty. Article 145(6) of the Constitution states that: ‘If the special committee reports that the particulars of any allegation against the President— (a) have not been substantiated, further proceedings shall not be taken under this Article in respect of that allegation;’ We had the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Jeremiah Nyegenye, in our drafting team. This was well thought out."
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