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"content": "Indeed, the Monarch began drafting the pardon and just as he was about to sign it, he asked the messenger, by the way, did Kondraty Ryleyev say anything when this miracle of breaking of the rope in a public hanging occurred? The messenger told the King, ‘Yes, he said, in Russia, they do not know how to do anything; not even how to make a rope’. The Monarch said in that case, let us prove the contrary. He tore the pardon and directed that the execution be repeated the following day. This time, the rope did not break marking the end of the sad story of Kondraty Ryleyev, the Russian poet, singer, military officer and many other things. Why do we tell this story? We will be presenting evidence before you and even as the charges were read, you heard the Clerk say several times, these issues were alive in the previous proceedings. What happened? The Governor after the brief few weeks of camaraderie, adopted a defiant stance in which she has it even in her own evidence, of several public rallies defiantly telling whoever cared to listen, kaende kaende, kabatikabati. Kaende kaende is sheng; it is Nairobi’s slang for ‘I do not care, whatever will be, will be, I will do what I do’. In Swahili, they say, ‘na liwe liwalo’ . That is the meaning of kaende kaende. We will be showing you how, throughout the last one year, even after the graceful lessons from Senator Tobiko, I recall, and the other Senators, the Governor’s mantra in persisting on this series of misconduct is, ‘I do not care, whatever will be, will be que sera quesera’ . She does not care about the consequences, the future and what not. That is why we have come before you with the Motion arranged under the seven thematic counts, setting out 39 specific forms of gross violations of the law and the Constitution and which, in our humble submission, are conduct unbecoming of any leader. We expect and it will happen, although I am not a prophet, just like last time, the Governor will appear on this podium taking the posture of an innocent and vulnerable victim of toxic masculinity, harmful patriarchy, gender stereotyping and political schemes. That is what her response tells you. It is back to ‘It wasn’t me’ by Shaggy. If you want to confirm it, at page two of her response she tells you, this Motion should not be here, it is a scheme of her deputy who is power hungry to take the governorship through the backdoor. She tells you, it is the Njuri Ncheke, she tells you, if her own officials, secretary, chief of staff has done anything wrong, even on the things she acknowledges, she says, they bear their own responsibility, it was not me. In short, she will come to you looking as meek as a lamb. Luckily, we have lived through the experience, our message to the Senate, if you acquit her this time, she will walk out of this door, and it will be kaende kaende, que sera que sera, whatever will be, will be, I do not care na liwe liwalo and Meru will be back to perpetual endless crisis that has engulfed it for a year. We will be showing you that the Governor has made several admissions before the county assembly. What we find strange is that now in her response to you, she produces documents she failed to produce before the Assembly. We will be able to show you beyond any shadow of doubt that those documents are forgeries. In conclusion, so that my learned colleague takes the remaining bit, just like last time, Mr, Speaker, Sir, we are telling you not to fall for the looks. If you see a humble 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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