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    "id": 1083751,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Saboti, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caleb Luyai",
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        "legal_name": "Caleb Amisi Luyai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to also add a voice to this Bill. I rise to support. The sovereign power belongs to the people. It is only delegated to elected leaders. It is pertinent that we give a procedure of taking that power away through impeachment. Of course, we do not have a history of impeachment of a president or a deputy president in this country, but the impeachment of governors has been a daily occurrence. It is a common phenomenon. It is paramount that we have a clear procedure that will guide our MCAs on how to remove governors from office, because it has been a chaotic exercise. We have left the governors at the mercy of greedy MCAs who look for every reason on earth to remove their governors. If we have a clear procedure, we are going to tame these MCAs whose appetite to impeach is high. We will also need to bring some sanity to our county governments so that we do not just elect a governor and later on leave him at the mercy of the greedy MCAs or those with different political ambitions. So, it is a Bill that will help us manage the county governments. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we borrowed our Constitution from other jurisdictions with advanced democracies, not knowing that our society has different aspects of democracy. It is ripe enough to align it to our society. It is important that even as we borrow from other constitutions, we make sure that we align them to our society. So, it is an important Bill that will guide us even The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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