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    "id": 1262486,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to oppose that recommendation and Report from the committee. I must thank the side of the Minority because as we stand here, we have not been threatened by maandamano, in case we go either way. So, on that note, I can say we are safe. About two years ago, on the Floor of this House, the then Senator for Siaya County, none other than Sen. James Orengo, said that impeachment is generally a political process. The question I am asking the Members of this House is, are we going to be used to sanitize the politics of Siaya? I want to tell the Members of this House who are talking about page 11, we do not know how they arrived at this, but of course, they signed on a report that was agreed upon by the Majority, just to say, yes, we agreed to what we said, nonetheless, we are not talking about the number six and/or number five. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you say you are removing somebody from office because he said in public that a certain County Secretary (CS) was forced to resign, is that a threshold enough to remove somebody from office? How many times have we been lied to by leaders from either side whom we respect? On that issue of the political process, I keep on asking, are we going to allow this House to be used to play the politics of Siaya? That is why I oppose that report. We are told by that Report that the deputy governor was interfering with procurement processes. Mr. Speaker, we do have directors of procurement in every county. It is not the deputy governor. If at all you are blaming the deputy governor, the person who is supposed to be here, is the County Executive who is the Governor of Siaya, Hon. James Orengo. He is the person who is supposed to be on this Floor. The other day I saw---"
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