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    "content": "The particulars of this allegation are that the Governor- (i) Refused to honour summons from the County Assembly's Sectoral Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Cohesion to answer questions related to the impeachment Motion; (ii) Directed her Chief of Staff to send a contemptuous letter to the Assembly in response to the summons for her to appear before the Sectoral Committee; and, (iii) Through the CECM Finance and the County Secretary, refused to furnish documents to the Assembly on the grounds that an audit process was underway and that the matters raised by the Assembly were sub judice . Hon. Senators, in terms of the way forward following the reading of the charges against the Governor, Standing Order No.80(1)(b) of the Senate Standing Orders, as read together with Section 33(3)(b) of the County Governments Act, gives the Senate two options on how to proceed with the matter. The Senate may - (a) by Resolution, appoint a Special Committee comprising eleven of its Members to investigate the matter; or, (b) investigate the matter in plenary. At an appointed time during this sitting, a Notice of Motion for the establishment of a Special Committee shall be given. Should this Motion be carried, the Special Committee will be required, under Section 33(4) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order No. 80(2) of the Senate, to investigate the matter and to report to the Senate on whether it finds the particulars of the allegations against the Governor to have been substantiated. In the event that the Motion for the establishment of a Special Committee does not pass, the fall-back position is that the Senate shall proceed to investigate and consider the matter in Plenary. In this event, I will appoint the dates on which the Senate will sit in Plenary to hear and determine the charges against the Governor. Hon. Senators, it is noteworthy, and I wish to emphasize to all hon. Senators, that when we come to the debate on the Motion for the establishment of the Special Committee, debate on the Motion shall be limited to the substance of the Motion, principally, whether or not to establish the Special Committee. It will not be a debate on the substance of the impeachment or its merits, propriety, prudence or even the constitutionality or the legality of the processes that have preceded the submission of this matter to the Senate. It is, therefore, not permissible to deviate to any matters other than the Motion before the Senate. In the meantime, and during the pendency of the Impeachment process in the Senate, I wish to caution hon. Senators to desist from publicly commenting on the merits The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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