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"speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
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"content": "Wajir County Assembly, convened a meeting of the Senate on Thursday, 6th May, 2021, to hear charges against the Governor. Consequently, the Senate, on Thursday, 6th May, 2021, pursuant to Section 33(3)(b) of the County Governments Act, 2012 and Standing Order No. 75(1)(b)(i), by Resolution, established a Special Committee comprising eleven (11) of its Members to investigate the proposed removal from office, by impeachment, of the Governor of Wajir County, and to report to the Senate within ten (10) days of its appointment, on whether it finds the particulars of the allegations to have been substantiated. As you may be aware, both Section 33(6) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order No. 75(4) provide as follows – “If the Special Committee reports that the particulars of any allegation against the Governor- (a) have not been substantiated, further proceedings shall not be taken under this section in respect of that allegation; or (b) have been substantiated, the Senate shall, after according the Governor an opportunity to be heard, vote on the impeachment charges.” The Chairperson of the Special Committee will shortly lay on the Table of the House the Report of the Committee. Once it is laid, no action will be taken on the Report. The Senate will be suspended for one hour in order to allow Senators some time to go through the Report. This is so because at the point at which the Report will be laid, it is not yet known to the House, which of the two procedures provided in Section 33(6) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order No. 75(4) will be applied. Conclusions and/or recommendations contained in the Committee Report will determine the procedure to be applied thereafter. After Hon. Senators have had the opportunity of perusing the Report and establishing the findings of the Special Committee, the Senate will reconvene. In the event that the Special Committee reports that any particulars of the allegations have been substantiated, a Motion will be listed for consideration in a Supplementary Order Paper, which once prepared, will be circulated when we resume the Sitting. Debate will then ensue in the usual manner and at the conclusion thereof, the Senate will proceed to vote on each of the impeachment charges, after according the Governor the opportunity to be heard. In this regard, an invitation has been extended to the Hon. Mohammed Abdi Mohamud, Governor of Wajir County, to sit in the Gallery during debate on the Motion. At the appropriate time before I put the Question on the Motion, the governor, if present, will appear before the Senate and be heard, either by himself or by legal representation. I wish to inform the Hon. Senators that if the governor chooses to exercise this right to appear and be heard by the Senate, he shall be heard here, by either himself or his advocate, in silence. The governor’s speech shall not be followed by any question or comment and the Senate shall, thereafter, immediately proceed to vote on each allegation found to have been substantiated. In the event that the Special Committee finds that the charges against the Governor have not been substantiated further proceedings on this matter shall not be taken. I will give further guidance on how to proceed thereafter."
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