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    "id": 1402655,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Bill sponsored by Sen. Cherarkey on the threshold for the removal of a Member of the Executive in the county government. As we support this Bill, it should also be noted, as I heard the Senate Majority Leader say, that this is patchwork. May be at some point, we may need to deal with it and come up with complete legislation, especially on the matter of the removal from office of both the Governors and CECs in the counties. I say this because the county assemblies must be supported to continue to exercise the provisions of Article 185 of the Constitution to oversee the executives. However, they should also respect the principle of separation of powers between themselves and the executives. I am of the view that the place where we should have started, and I saw it starting here, is that on the hearing of the first impeachment Motion on the Floor of the Senate, the Fourth Senate, I saw the Majority Whip give an undertaking to this House that it was going to be working very closely with the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, to come up with an impeachment Bill. There are Senators here who would have wanted to sponsor that Bill. However, because the Whip took the responsibility and said he was going to bring the Bill to the Floor, those other Senators who wanted to do it took a back seat. It is my humble request to the Majority Whip and the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations to take this matter a little bit more seriously. I say they should take it a little bit more seriously because we have seen governors go through the anguish and pain of impeachment for reasons other than the provisions of the Constitution on the removal of governors. Some governors are out of office today for extra-constitutional reasons. Mr. Temporary Speaker, I would dare, because Sen. Cherarkey while contributing to this Bill, made reference to me and where I stood on the impeachment of Governor Sonko. I want to remind this House and country that to date I believe that there were no grounds for the removal of Governor Sonko from office. He was removed not because of the breach of the Constitution, but for other reasons. 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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