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"content": "I repeat, distinguished Senators, Vol.1 of the document in front of you from the County Assembly, which essentially is the Impeachment Motion, is simply and squarely a manifesto of lies. This language is actually strong, and I begin by conceding that, and it requires justification. Let me therefore proceed to justify by making a promissory note. I promise you that at the tail end of this hearing, you will have discovered the following- First, when you will retire to consider count one, paragraph four of the Impeachment Motion before you, it will read- “Illegally dismissing Dr. Ntoiti, CEO, County Revenue Board; Mr. Paul Mwaki, CEO of Liquor Board; Mr. Kenneth Kimathi Mbae, Managing Director of Meru Finance Corporation; and, Mr. Joseph Kithure Mberia, CEO MWAS, in the usurpation of the powers of the appointing authorities.” When you look at the Motion you dispensed with last November, count No. four, you will see paragraph 16(b) it will be the same about sending persons on indefinite compulsory leave. You are re-debating the same matter you debated and voted on here in all its substantive content. Secondly, when you look at Count three, paragraph three of the Motion before you, you will find a charge of allegation of employing a bloated workforce of at least 111 personal staff in the Governor's Office. Good people, Count four, paragraph G of the last Impeachment Motion read- “Employing a bloated workforce, more than 100 personal staff in the office of the Governor. In Kiswahili, they say, “Ukistaajabu ya Musa utayaona ya Firauni.” You will be surprised that the documentary evidence, the piece of paper that was used to support count four, paragraph G of the last Impeachment Motion, is the same piece of paper with the same names in the same order that has been attached to the Motion before you. That thing that you voted and said has not been proved. I think the County Assembly is trying to embarrass this Senate so that if you vote to the contrary, there will now be in the blogosphere saying how inconsistent you are in your decision making. Evidence will show that any attempt by the County Public Service Board (CPSB) of Meru to add any staff in the Governor's Office since November, the Governor has responded by declining those staff and saying- “You employ staff and send them here, and then you will take me to Senate.” You will see those letters of the Governor rejecting any staff. There is no additional staff with the Governor's approval in her office since we left here. The words used by the Governor in her rejection letter are that “you are sending here this staff to create grounds for my impeachment.” Allow me to then give you a promissory note on what my colleague, Mr. Mutuma, addressed here. You will come across the following claims at the end of this impeachment exercise that are factually false- (a) Ground one, paragraph 3a; you will be told the Governor failed to implement the recommendations of the County Assembly requiring the governor to dismiss the County Secretary, Dr. Kiambi Atheru, and the Chief of Staff, Mr. Harrison Gitobu Nchamba. (b) That the Governor ignored or failed to submit a report to the County Assembly on the implementation of the recommendations within 60 days. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services, Senate."
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