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    "id": 1469734,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Evans Mawira Kaaria",
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    "content": "To answer the first question is that what changed my mind was that immediately after the second impeachment Motion failed in this Senate and immediately we left Mombasa and the Nanyuki meeting, I personally suffered because I fell ill. I was admitted in the Karen Hospital here. My blood pressure levels had gone up and I disclosed this fact to the Assembly Speaker who came to visit me. Thereafter, I felt that I needed to take some time to chart the way forward on what was happening in Meru. I did a lot of soul searching and consulted my wife, family and close confidants, including my electorate. My electorate had started saying that they did not send me to fight the Governor and it is at the point when the Governor reached out to me, I felt I needed to listen to her and see if she was genuine. I then saw her genuineness and that was the point when I decided to support the Governor. About the Governor not bringing people together, I have stated that immediately the Governor left this Senate during the last impeachment Motion, she went round the county, making a call for peace and reconciliation, amongst all leaders. She also asked for forgiveness, if at all she had wronged any leader in Meru. She even went further to reach out to me. I know she also tried to reach out to the other leaders because there were reconciliation efforts brought by the President and the Deputy President where the Governor sat down with all the leaders from Meru County, including the Deputy Governor. This did not culminate to any peace in the county. However, from the side of the Assembly, they have been going out and doing everything possible to frustrate any reconciliation process."
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