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    "id": 1072667,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mburu",
    "speaker_title": "The Advocate for Wajir County Governor",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1901,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kinyanjui Mburu Kk",
        "slug": "stephen-kinyanjui-mburu-kk"
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    "content": "An impeachment process is a process that should be guided by the rule of law and should echo the sentiments of both the political and legal aspirations of the citizens of the county, which the governor to be impeached hails from, and this being the Senate, the aspirations of Kenyans. Therefore, it is prudent when interrogating the Report that is before you to ensure the threshold of impeaching the Governor has been met, and the threshold is not a new phenomenon. It is a phenomenon that has been before this House, and this House being a House of precedence, has deliberated and set out in detail what the threshold of impeachment should be. Therefore, the main allegation against the Governor is to be found from paragraph 185 to 188 of the Report that is before this House this evening. The report alleges that there were incidences where a citizen was denied the services of an ambulance and the other incidence that has been captured therein is in respect to the death of a senior county official due to unavailability of oxygen. However, as the Chairman was tabling the report, he did admit that no witness was called to prove the said allegation. Therefore, in the event that that allegation has not been proved or the allegation therein has not been proved, then the threshold of impeachment based on the ground of failure of the health sector in Wajir County should not be held to stand. Therefore, it is an impeachment that should not solely be based on a flimsy ground, where evidence has not been tendered and an admission to the same has been done. Therefore, we urge this House that in considering the Report, to look at the tenets of Article 50 on impartiality and look at the issues before it without favouring any party, and find that in the event that the evidence in respect to a charge has not been proved, then the House ought not to be persuaded to support that charge. Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly, I wish to highlight a very important issue from the Report that deals with the issue of health vis-a-vis previous impeachments that have been before this House. In particular, the issue of health was a common phenomenon in the impeachment in Kirinyaga County. A doctor in that report highlighted how the health sector has invariably broken down in the said county. However, the finding was different from what we have today. Article 27 of the Constitution provides that any citizen has the right to equal benefit and protection of the law. There should be no preferential treatment in respect to matters that are similar. With those few remarks, I would urge this House this evening not to be persuaded by this Report, and not find that the allegations against the governor have been substantiated. Thank you."
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