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    "id": 1361834,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Tom Odhiambo Ojienda, SC",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for according me the opportunity to make a contribution to the debate before the House on the impeachment of Governor Mwangaza under Article 181 of the Constitution. It is clear that the seven charges levelled against the Governor of Meru County have a set threshold that must be established on how we settled decisions of the Supreme Court on the impeachment of Governor Sonko and set by the Court of Appeal on the impeachment of Governor Wambora. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I participated in both cases. I have also had the advantage of participating in the impeachment of the Governor of Wajir County, Mr. Mohamud, who successfully returned to office after impeachment. The threshold question is therefore important. I just want to address myself to that question. The charges included; misappropriation and misuse of county resources, nepotism and related unethical practices, bullying, vilification and demeaning of other leaders as set out under Article 75(2) and (3), illegal appointments and usurpation of statutory powers, contempt of court, illegally naming a public road after her husband and lastly, contempt of the county assembly. It is imperative that the threshold set or that should be set and as properly defined in the Sonko case, should be somewhere above the doubt and somewhere below the threshold required for criminal trials. Turn to the effect of impeachment and this is what should guide this assembly in voting. The effect of an impeachment is to permanently bar an individual from holding any public office. So, whatever you do today, you would be barring Governor Mwangaza from holding any public office in the Republic. Is this a fair act that this Senate should sit back and undertake when voting? I think that is the six million dollar question. I do not want to talk about scorpions, crocodiles and frogs, but in my understanding of what is before this Senate, the levels that have been---"
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