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    "id": 1072773,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "When such judgments are made, we should, as a country, celebrate because they remind as of the importance of this Constitution. When such processes of impeachments are brought before us, we must take time to look at them, as a Senate, and ask ourselves, “What was expected of hon. Gov. Mohamud in achieving Article 43 of the Constitution? What is the evidence that was given to us?” The evidence given to us is contained in page 94 to 98 of the Report. In the Report the County Assembly said one thing and the county executive defended itself. The conclusion was that because health workers were not being paid, a renal machine was not working in the county government and an ambulance was not working, the Governor failed the duty to deliver Article 43 of the Constitution and, therefore, he is culpable of gross violation of the Constitution. The question we should ask ourselves is: If this is the only violation we are going to find this Governor culpable, we must go back and ask ourselves if the achievement of socioe-conomic rights is just the role of the governor as a person. We must also ask ourselves what the County Assembly does. They say that they allocated resources in the budgeting process that amounts to 22 per cent of the budget of the county, which is a very positive attribute. We must ask ourselves the next question. If the Governor is culpable, did the County Assembly of Wajir summon the CEC for Health? Did they at any time impeach or remove the Chief Officer of the County Government of Wajir or even write a report to indict the performance of senior health officers on the county? In total, they would say: “We, as a County Assembly, found the ambulance was not working, the renal machine was not working, the staff were striking because their dues had not been paid, despite the fact that we had budgeted for it. As a result of that, we voted to remove the Chief Officer, the CEC and indicted senior public officers. We took the report to the Governor and required him to take action, but he refused to do so. He protected those public officers and is, therefore, culpable of violating Article 43 of the Constitution for the right of health of the people of the county of Wajir.” Why am I making this argument? It is because the decision we will make as a Senate is not for now. It is for posterity. It is for us to apply the similar standards not just to the County Assembly of Wajir, but also the Senate. One of the accusations against Wajir County Government is in"
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