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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
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"content": "Consequently, Hon. Senators, the Senate, on Tuesday, 20th December, 2022, pursuant to Section 33(3)(b) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order No.80 (1) (b) (i), by resolution, established a Special Committee comprising 11 Senators to investigate the matter of the proposed removal from office, by impeachment, of the Governor of Meru County, and to report to the Senate within 10 days of its appointment, on whether it finds the particulars of the allegations to have been substantiated. Hon. Senators, for your information, both Section 33(6) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order No.80 (4) provide as follows – “If the special Committee reports that the particulars of any allegation against the governor— (a) have not been substantiated, no further action shall be taken under this section in respect of that allegation; or, (b) have been substantiated, the Senate shall, after according the governor an opportunity to be heard, vote on the charges.” The Chairperson of the Special Committee will shortly lay on the Table of the House the Report of the Committee. If the Special Committee has found the allegations against the Governor not to be substantiated, the matter stands concluded. I will give further directions on this. However, in the event that, once the Report is tabled, the Special Committee has found the allegations against the Governor substantiated, the Senate will be suspended for thirty minutes in order to allow Hon. Senators some time to peruse the Report. Further, a Motion will be listed for business in a Supplementary Order Paper, which, once prepared, will be circulated when we reconvene after 30 minutes. Debate will then ensue in the usual manner and at the conclusion thereof, the Senate will proceed to vote on each of the impeachment charges after according the Governor the opportunity to be heard. Hon. Senators, in this regard, an invitation has been extended to the Governor of Meru County to sit in the Gallery during debate on the Motion. At the appropriate time before I put the question on the Motion, the Governor will appear, if present, before the Senate and be heard, either by herself or her legal representative. I wish to inform the Hon. Senators that if the Governor chooses to exercise this right to appear and be heard by the Senate, she shall be heard here, either by herself or her legal representative, in total silence."
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