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    "id": 1066666,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "On the matter of the Motion before us, yes, we must appreciate the need for innovation and doing things differently. All the time that Impeachment Motions have been brought to this House, especially the establishment of committees, they have been accompanied by names. An explanation has been given why there was a departure from that tradition in this case. Although I am not convinced by the argument put forward, I will be bound by that decision. At the impeachment process of Hon. Waiguru, the Governor of Kirinyaga County, I said then and I say today, that the people of Wajir and the Governor of Wajir expect justice from the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Whatever happens, it is our responsibility as the Senate to serve that justice to both the Governor and the people of Wajir. I have been very consistent and will not break that trend. I have always argued in all impeachment proceedings that Plenary is the way to go because through Plenary, we afford the people of the county affected an opportunity to follow proceedings against their own governor. There has been an argument here, and I want to disabuse ourselves of the notion that when we go through the committee way, people are more likely to read documents presented before them. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you are not attuned to read, whether you are appointed to a committee or in Plenary, you will not read. That argument flies in the face of facts. I plead and urge my colleagues that we go the Plenary way. Going the Plenary way is not to say that there is more likelihood of the Governor either being acquitted or nailed. It gives an opportunity to all of us to participate in this debate and for the people of Wajir and the country to follow the proceedings live from the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. I submit."
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