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    "id": 1304193,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1304193/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Charge 4: Illegal appointments and usurpation of statutory powers",
    "speaker_title": "",
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    "content": "The particulars of this allegation are that the Governor- (i) Appointed Kenneth Mwiti Riungu as a Chief Officer without County Assembly approval; (ii) Sent Dr. Ntoiti, CEO of the County Revenue Board; Paul Mwaki, CEO of Liquor Board; Kenneth Kimathi Mbae, Managing Director of Meru Microfinance Corporation; and Joseph Kithure Mberia, CEO, Meru County Water and Sanitation Services; on indefinite compulsory leave with full salary and benefits, in usurpation of the powers of the appointing authorities; (iii) Deployed other persons to perform the functions of those sent on compulsory leave in breach of a court order; (iv) Appointed unqualified persons as Acting Chief Officers without the requisite competitive recruitment and recommendation from the County Public Service Board; (v) Recruited traffic marshals without involving the County Public Service Board (CPSB), disregarding the criteria for establishing county officers; (vi) Usurped the powers of the CPSB by creating traffic marshal offices; (vii) Employed an excessive workforce of over 100 personal staff in the Governor's office; (viii) Designated and paid various cleaners as senior support staff, despite already having 16 support staff; and, (ix) Appointed four individuals to hold county offices in an acting capacity for more than six months without proper authorization."
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