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    "id": 1072670,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndegwa Njiru",
    "speaker_title": "The Advocate for Wajir County Governor",
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    "content": "petition. That means he has only consistently been able to serve for one year. When 2020 came, COVID-19 came. Here he is, being convicted for COVID-19. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we all know that even today, the Ministry of Health has announced various unfortunate deaths of our dear ones. Who should carry the cross for those deaths? What about in the subcontinent of India where people are dying in thousands because of COVID-19? Should Prime Minister, hon. Modi carry the cross? These are some of the pathetic situations that COVID-19 has put us in. We are here to plead for your mercy. Wajir County is 55,000 Square Kilometers with over 200 hospitals. The County of Nairobi is 669 Square Kilometers with equal number of hospitals. Does this man not deserve credit? Look at the County of Kirinyaga, 1,149 square kilometers with about 50 hospitals. Does this man not deserve your mercy? Has he not done enough? Does he deserve to be impeached? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we appeal to this Honourable House to have mercy on this man. He has been in public service for over a quarter of a century. He has diligently served his country. Is it only so hard to have him and to plead with you to have him finish the 10 months? The people of Wajir will be granted an opportunity to evaluate him through the power of the votes. This Assembly is being called upon to protect devolution. Protecting devolution also means protecting governors from such kind of attacks through frivolous means. That means that the governor is also under your protection and mercy; that you protect devolution from infiltrations by people who have anterior motives. He has indicated to you about the dynamic and the demographic distribution of the people of Wajir where clannism is so fundamental in the manner in which county governments are constituted and how they are running. Could it be that clannism of Wajir and the entire Somali and North Eastern counties is at play? Would this Assembly be invited to look at that from that perceptive? If it is in play, should this assembly be involved in fighting someone’s battles? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we plead for your mercy. As you operationalize Article 96 read together with Article 174 of the Constitution, kindly, look at the question of protecting devolution. Protecting devolution means that there should be perpetuity and continuity of governance. There should be perpetuity of government. Was there evidence tabled to show that this man is guilty? We urge you to find this man innocent."
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