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    "id": 1361678,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elisha Ongoya",
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    "content": "Thank you so much. The Governor was accused of nepotism and related unethical practices. Before I argue that, when Counsel for the County Assembly, Mr. Ngwele, stood here and told you that they have proved that Kathure Rukania is among those who were paid money that is not accounted for--- I ask you to look at the 39 allegations before you and point out to me where the name ‘Kathure Rukania’ appears, so that the Governor can now take the task of explaining to him. The County Assembly has taken a strange stand before this House. I am saddened if this is the trajectory of impeachment. Charge two is about nepotism and related charges. One of the claims here is that the Governor sent an unqualified technical team to China. Even when the County Assembly witnesses are given their own documents, say, the purpose of this trip or this request for clearance was to prepare and guide on the visit; the express words. They insisted that ‘no, ignore those words,’ in their own documents. They were shown the invitation letter to China at Page 79 of volume two of the Assembly documents. They were asked, “show us which part of this invitation is inviting technical Cancer experts?” They were unable to show it, but they have come here in closing submissions to insist that was the nature of the invitation. It is a rule of ethics in trial advocacy that an advocate must never submit outside the evidence. Counsels for the Assembly have breached that rule of ethics. They have said that the Governor misrepresented to the Ministry of Devolution that these were technical staff. They are told, ‘okay, these people are said in a letter dated 29th May 2023 to be technical staff.’ Who is a technical staff? Is the Governor’s security not a technical security staff? Is the Governor’s Personal Assistant (PA) not a technical administrative staff? Where was the word ‘technical staff’ defined as a term? They cannot show you? Then we asked them, okay--- The next week the same County Government writes to the Ministry of Devolution specifying these people’s names and their designation, which we confirm is correct. If they intended to mislead, why are they now clearly spelling out these people’s designation before these people travel? The County Assembly cannot answer, but in their final submission, they still insist that there was a misrepresentation, a poor way of advancing the jurisprudence on impeachment. You will be told that nepotism is in the engagement and in employment of Edwin Mutuma Murangiri, a nephew to the Governor. I have spoken about that. The lesser I say about it, the better. Nephat Kinyua, the Governor’s brother-in-law, in public knowledge. What kind of behaviour is this? On assigning diplomatic duties to her relatives, you will be told the evidence that diplomatic duties were signed is in a Facebook post. You are told ‘read a Facebook post.’ Where does it assign diplomatic duties to the Governor’s relatives?"
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