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    "id": 1392016,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1392016/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wilkins Ochoki",
    "speaker_title": "The Counsel for the Deputy Governor",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker and Members of the Senate, for the record, my name is Wilkins Ochoki, part of the team representing the Deputy Governor, Kisii County. Hon. Speaker, what is before this honourable House is not a Motion that meets the threshold that will send the Deputy Governor home. Allow me very respectfully to refer to this as nothing more like what we see in Chinese martial arts movies. It is all fiction. My senior, Mr. Katwa Kigen, has referred you to Standing Order No.88 of this honourable House, which pursuant to Standing Order 88, Rule No.20 of the Rules of Procedure for hearing and determination of the removal of either governor or deputy governor was created. That Rule, as my seniors have very well addressed you on, does not allow the County Assembly to bring in new evidence. Hon. Speaker, because of the time limit, allow me to just say that what the County Assembly is doing is nothing more than a fishing expedition. The HANSARD is clear that upon the Speaker of the County Assembly being asked whether the public participation documents were going to be used in the proceedings of the County Assembly, he was clear that there was nothing at all that was being used. Now, you are being told that there are video clips and witness statements that were not there that have been brought. Hon. Speaker, I respectfully submit that the same ought to be disregarded. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was an application by my learned brothers that you expunge part of the affidavit of the Hon. Deputy Governor. You will notice that from precedent, this House has allowed governors and deputy governors who did not defend themselves in the county assemblies, to come here and defend themselves. 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."
}