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    "id": 1072682,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "visited the referral hospital in Homa Bay County over the weekend and was shocked to learn that there are no toilets for outpatient visitors there. I wondered what would happen if there was ever an outbreak of Cholera or other diseases that are spread through human waste. The Homa Bay County Assembly impeached the CECM in charge of health, Prof. Muga. After impeaching him, the County Assembly of Homa Bay told the Governor to take over the health docket. If the Governor of Homa Bay County has failed in the supervision of his CECM in charge of health by failing to push him to ensure that there is quality in that department, how else are you going to tell the Governor to take over that function if he has already abdicated his duty in the first place? If or when we impeach the Governor of Wajir County because the special Committee has told us that one out of the 17 allegations has been substantiated. Our rules state that if one allegation is substantiated, the Governor is guilty. Those are not the inventions of the 11-member Committee that was looking into the matter. If one allegation is substantiated and we confirm it, then the Governor goes home. The issue of insecurity cuts across not only the health sector, but the education sector as well. Whenever our brothers and sisters are posted to frontier counties, they clamour to get transfers out of such areas. Are we building a nation where an Otieno cannot teach in Wajir County or where an Abdullahi can never teach in Migori County? Are we building a system where a Wafula can never teach in Garissa County? We must look at the big picture and how insecurity has impacted on certain professions such as doctors, nurses, teachers and other profession that cannot be developed internally. Is it an impeachable offence that doctors and health workers are running away from frontier counties because of insecurity? If we impeach the Governor or Wajir County, we should impeach the President because he is the one responsible for providing and guaranteeing the security of all professionals in this Republic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, looking at the numbers, you will see that 41 per cent of the 118,000 voters in Wajir County had confidence in Gov. (Amb.) Mohamud. I sometimes advocate for people to enjoy or suffer the consequences of their bad decisions. If 41 per cent of the voters made a bad decision, they should be allowed to enjoy the consequences of their bad decision of electing Gov. (Amb.) Mohamud. We should allow them to have the pleasure or pain of Gov. (Amb.) Mohamud’s leadership. However, it is our duty as Parliament to relieve the 59 per cent of voters who did not support Gov. (Amb.) Mohamud of the suffering of the tyranny of the 41 per cent that supported him. The special Committee has advised us accordingly and unanimously. It has decided that to kill this cow, we do not cut the neck, but the legs for it to die bleeding. A cow without one leg can still walk. Ultimately, it will be up to the 47 delegations to make a decision. However, the county assemblies are watching. If we impeach the Governor of Wajir County today, I urge them to bring all their governors for impeachment because they have all failed pathetically in the provision of health services to our citizens. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you."
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