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"content": "Although the Governor terms what she did as revocation, she has failed, when put to task, to point to any provision of the law that allows this thing called revocation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for purposes of putting records straight in this House, once a member of the County Public Service Board is appointed, in accordance with the Section 58 of the County Government’s Act, the process of removing that member is as provided in Section 58(5) of the County Government’s Act and upon the grounds that are set out in Article 251 of the Constitution. Despite being advised by her own Chairperson of the County Public Service Board, the governor proceeded to purport to revoke the appointment of Ms. Virginia Kawira Miriti who is now only in office, pursuant to a Court Order. Mr. Speaker, Sir, and hon. Senators, surely, it cannot honestly be that everybody else is a problem in Meru. It cannot be that it is the MCAs, the church, the elected leaders, her own deputy governor and now, the County Public Service Board that are the problem. During previous proceedings before this House, the governor blamed her misdeeds or whatever went wrong in the county on two officers; the Chief of Staff and the County Secretary in her famously infamous defense of “it was not me”. When the County Assembly made recommendations, that the Governor institutes disciplinary measures including dismissal against these officers that she blamed for things going wrong in the county, she refused to implement these recommendations. A fair minded and reasonable person must, therefore, conclude that the Governor has been acting through those officers or that they have been violating the law and the Constitution with her blessing and patronage. On one hand, the Governor tells you in her defense that the violations of the law she is being accused of are occasioned by others. It is the county secretary, the chief of staff and that those others should be called to answer those violations. On the other hand, the Governor proceeds to tell you that the County Assembly has no powers to recommend that the governor should take action against these very officers that she blames for those violations. Surely, hon. Senators, the governor cannot have it both ways. Article 185(3) of the Constitution of Kenya empowers the County Assembly to exercise oversight over the county executive. One of the measures of oversight is to recommend the removal from office of these officers that the governor herself has previously pointed at and blamed for violations of the law. Mr. Speaker, Sir, and hon. Senators, when you retire to make your determination, remember it is not the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) word against the Governor's. It is the governor's own words and actions against the legal and constitutional requirements of good governance and integrity. You have heard in videos Nos.1A and 1B of the County Assembly, the governor in her own words tella dangerous lie that Kshs86 million was collected for the burial of the deceased ‘Sniper’, a fact she very well knew to be false. When put to task to prove those statements, she failed. In cross-examination, the governor states that the only evidence she has of Kshs86 million is a video, which video has not even been shown to this House. 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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