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    "id": 1072601,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Eng.) Hargura",
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        "legal_name": "Godana Hargura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to second the Special Committee Report on impeachment of the Governor of Wajir County. The County Assembly brought many allegations under two charges. I would like to advice the County Assembly that they are the first line of oversight. In case there are issues, they have to first perform their duties before they bring these allegations to the Senate. The law is clear that if it is a County Executive Committee Member or an accounting officer who is the Chief Officer who has not performed his or her duties, then they have the powers to summon or invite. Once they find that person culpable, then they have the powers impeach the person and have him out of office and recommend the same to the governor. In the event that maybe the governor has refused to implement the ruling of the House, then it can be an issue, which can be taken against the governor. The first impeachment of Governor Wambora, for example, among other charges, he refused to sack the county secretary who was impeached by the county assembly. In that case, they had done their part and it was the governor who was not ready to do his part, and that is why it was an impeachment ground. In this case, the county assembly brought issues, which could be attributed in law to have been the failures of the county executive Members or accounting officers, which cannot be connected to the governor. That is why in cases where we found the law was broken, we did not penalize the Governor. The other allegation was based on the report of the Auditor-General. However, the Wajir County Assembly has the responsibility to take the audit report and summon the relevant CECM to address the issues raised in the audit report, so that if somebody has broken the law, they are held accountable. It is difficult to pin down the Governor on the shortcomings of his officers because the law is clear that the officer in charge should take responsibility. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Allegation 14, which carried a lot of the issues affecting procurement, we made conclusion that the law had been broken in certain instances. For example, the procurement of ugali flour was overpriced. Instead of pricing a bale of the maize flour at Kshs1,600, it was procured at Kshs3,500. That is a clear violation of the law. Section 106(4) of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (PPAD) Act, 2015 states that:"
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