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    "id": 1402656,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "What has happened is that now a very young leader, very robust, a man of the people, cannot hold public office because he was impeached for extra-constitutional reasons. If Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for whatever reason, is unable to move fast, let the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations take up this matter and bring a Bill, so that we debate and put in place proper requirements for impeachment of Governors. Some of the things that we are being treated to in this House are personal vendetta. If somebody disagrees with their political party, this House has no business fixing disputes between parties. That is not our problem. This House has no business fixing disputes between parties; that is not our problem. If somebody’s business has gone sour with some other people, it is not the business of this House to fix those relationships. We need a watertight impeachment law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would dare say that we, as a House and Parliament, have failed this country. We have failed this country because when you look at Article 181 of the Constitution - and if you allow me, for purposes of clarity - I would want to read a section of that provision. Article 181(2) of the Constitution reads as follows- “(2) Parliament shall enact legislation providing for the procedure of removal of a county governor on any of the grounds mentioned in clause (1).” Mr Temporary Speaker, we are required by the supreme law of the land to come up with an impeachment law; we have not done that. Now, what is going to happen is that the National Assembly will realize that we are dillydallying on this matter, and you will see them originate an impeachment law and just bring it here for concurrence. This will happen and yet, we are the people charged with the responsibility of protecting and defending devolution of the county governments. With those remarks, I want to support the enhancement of the threshold for the removal of County Executive Committee Members (CECMs). However, as I said, we must also be very careful to strike a balance, so that again we also do not curtail the operations of the county assemblies because it is their responsibility and their constitutional mandate to all county executives to account. Lastly, I have heard comments about the Bunge Tower. I have heard Sen. Cherarkey being praised for bringing up the matter yesterday. I have not heard people praising Sen. Chute and yet, he raised a Statement, which was also processed the day before yesterday, in the Committee on Roads, Housing and Urban Development in which I sit. If we cannot talk about problems and challenges in our own compound, then we lack the moral authority to speak about the challenges of people in other compounds. Truth be told, there is a problem with Bunge Tower. Forget the exquisite offices that Members have been allocated. Forget the fact that there are offices that I am told do not have windows; forget all that. There must be a problem. There must be a problem that a project which was initiated and costed at Kshs5 billion to last for 48 months, takes 14 years to complete, and Kshs9 billion goes down the drain. There is a problem. Whether we want to admit it or not, there is a problem. How do you deal with this problem? The way of dealing with this problem is to call out people 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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