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    "id": 1465094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Boniface Mwereru Mawira",
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    "content": "against her. Even in her own response, she says that she is a woman governor and we appreciate that. It is the people of Meru who elected her, including, the men in Meru County. Some of them are even here while others are MCAs. Is gender a shield? Should your gender be a cover that you cannot be held accountable because you are male or female? As I pen off, there is the issue of the thresholds for impeachment. The Supreme Court has on occasion, in a single case stated with precision, the threshold requirement for impeachment proceedings. It has stated that the threshold is not the threshold required to prove criminal culpability in criminal cases, it is not the threshold of beyond reasonable doubt, it is the threshold of above a balance of probability, but below reasonable doubt. Therefore, that intermediate standard of proof through the various exhibits and testimonies that we will play and present before you is a result that would not only be met at the County Assembly. We equally discharge the barren on its path in line with that interpretation by the Supreme Court. Another question is on what amounts to grossness. The Constitution talks about gross violation of the Constitution and gross misconduct. Therefore, the Supreme Court, while quoting the decision in Martin Nyaga Wambora from the Court of Appeal, clarified that the allegations must be serious, substantial and weighty and there must be annexures. Specific acts done by the Governor and others through officers who are working under her watchful eye, cover and protection, are all attributable to her. She disregarded resolutions of the Assembly to take action against them. Therefore, it must be that they were doing those illegal acts under instructions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will demonstrate through our various pieces of evidence that the County Assembly has no recourse, but to turn to this House for redress and to redeem the devolution that has clearly died in Meru. The Governor is at war with doctors, Members of the County Assembly (MCAs), the church and even contractors. The Governor has even shifted contracts that are supposed to be done by the people of Meru or other Kenyans to the national Government while the devolution is about taking resources to the county. How is this Governor supposed to deliver for the people of Meru? Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is all. Thank you for listening to me. My learned senior, Mr. Ndegwa can take the remaining minutes."
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