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    "id": 1310561,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Jacob Ngwele",
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    "content": "I direct the Senate to Section 9(b) of the Public Officers Ethics Act, which states that a state officer shall not bully any person. There is also a call for professionalism within the Leadership and Integrity Act. Professionalisms also means that a state officer shall treat the public and his fellow public officers with courtesy and respect. The aspect of acting through others has also been brought forward within those laws. It makes it an offence for causing everything to be done through other persons. My colleague Dr. Muthomi Thiankolu has mentioned that the Governor is now hiding that it was not her, but the county secretary. The county secretary has become the bogeyman. The drafters of the law knew very well that state and public officers who hold positions of power will shift responsibility to their juniors. That is why the law says that you cannot run away from that responsibility. One of the violations under this particular count was actions against the Deputy Governor. I will just bundle them as that. We have put several violations against the Deputy Governor key among them is that the Governor made her deputy the bogeyman; a symbol of hatred in Meru County. By that, she orchestrated a well-organized campaign to vilify the Deputy Governor and excluded him from performance and discharge of public duties, which include attending CECM meetings and other functions. Sufficient evidence has been adduced demonstrating how these actions were perpetrated. There is the HANSARD of the County Assembly and letters by the Deputy Governor beseeching the Deputy President of this Republic, the Chairperson of the Council of Governors (CoGs) and the Speaker of the Senate to facilitate a reconciliation between him and the Governor. There are memos, which we have submitted demonstrating the Deputy Governor asking for simple facilitations such as repairs and fuel for his car, staff and the like. We submit that this specific violation has been demonstrated. The Governor has turned the battle to the Deputy Governor. Instead of justifying or explaining, the Deputy Governor has become the author of these impeachment proceedings. They have created a narrative around the Deputy Governor. Evidence has been adduced to support the vilification of the Deputy Governor in form of WhatsApp messages; where the Governor proceeded to engage in cyber bullying. She has not disputed those screenshots, their authenticity or context. You can see the Governor posting and talking about the deputy governor mobilizing few walevis and people finding a way of defecating avocado seeds. It is there. She has admitted that. Another post states that “he thinks I am the type of person who can be scared”. This is on a WhatsApp group, which consist members of the public, senior and junior officers of the county. The Governor is vilifying another state officer, which is in clear breach and violation of the provisions of the Leadership and Integrity Act, Chapter Six of the Constitution and the Public Officers Ethics Act. The other violation that falls under this account was before the House in the previous impeachment proceedings. The Governor has persistently made demeaning public utterances against other elected leaders. Apart from the Deputy Governor, who was the"
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