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"speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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"content": "properly advised that there are no easy decisions; whether to impeach or not to impeach, each leaves us with a very difficult situation. In fact, in the course of consultations, many Senators have walked up to me and suggested that, Majority Leader, why do we not, as a House, invoke Article 192 of the Constitution and just ask the people of Meru that they have a fresh start; that you send all these people packing and have the county government dissolved. Perhaps after that realization, then the people of Meru can enjoy the fruits of devolution. It is not an easy decision; it is not an easy task that is ahead of us. To save or not to save is not just about whether you have been convinced or not convinced because every decision that you make when you eventually press the button to vote, either ‘yes’, ‘no,’ or even I am afraid even ‘abstain’ has consequences today, unlike in other occasions. Colleague Senators, this is the moment. I know that each of you pensively sat down, listened and has reached a decision. However, I am willing to be convinced and I guess that is the exercise that you are about to make in the next one hour. Listen to whatever points you have picked out from the trial that has gone on here and hope that on any of the seven charges that have been presented, it would be good to hear from you. Do you agree that all charges have either not been substantiated, or some of them have been? The eventual point that I make is that eventually, Meru will still need us, even after this vote, dear Senators. When we conclude on this exercise and the vote tonight, it is my humble submission, that we will still need to retreat and think through options that are available for that particular county. I am particularly troubled because, to be sincere, I never knew of all those happenings until I saw the videos today. We must speak and condemn some of the things that we have seen in that particular video. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a father of two girls and I would wish to leave a safe and a better haven for my daughters, eventually, when I am out of leadership. Some of the things that we have seen either leaders say or do, I am afraid, that is not the kind of world that we want for our sisters, mothers, daughters or wives. I hope that because these videos have been brought to the fore, it should not just end here in the Senate. I strongly believe that it is within the mandate of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) because these are ethics issues. When leaders say certain things about each other, EACC needs to take the cue and begin to question us so that we behave better and move from this kind of corruption of our moral fibre of our society. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I beg to move and request the Senate Leader of Minority, Sen. Madzayo to second this Motion. I thank you."
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