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"content": "The Auditor-General's report flags breaches of the law by the management by including other things, irregular payments, excessive wage bill, use of the manual payroll, which compromises transparency and accountability. This can be confirmed from pages 344 to 347 of our volume two. Hon. Senators, the use of the manual payroll, according to the Auditor-General, has led to a loss of Kshs102.9 million. Hon. Senators, the governor has refused or failed to appoint chairpersons of various boards in Meru County and therefore these boards cannot be said to be legally constituted. Even when the Governor purportedly forwarded names of nominees to these boards, she failed to forward accompanying information or clarification sought, as is required by the Public Appointments County Assemblies Approval Act, Sections 4 and 6. Hon. Senators, you have been treated or at least attempts have been made to treat this House to theatrics by the governor and her legal team, who in attempts to deflect the attention of this House from the governor's violations of the law have resulted to the stories of gender and other irrelevancies, which are not a sufficient defense or explanation to any of the violations in the impeachment Motion. Hon. Senators, the Governor claimed that she legally revoked the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Service Board based on advice from an unnamed legal advisor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the person who was serving as the legal advisor to the Governor at the time in question came here and testified that the internal memo dated 23rd February was a forgery. She saw an affidavit that was presented to this House. The said memo bears no name and there can be no clearer indication than this, that it is indeed a forgery. In the opening remarks by the Governor's counsel, this House was told that the County Assembly is lying, and, in fact, the word used was that the County Assembly is made of pathological liars who have believed their own lies. In view of this forged memo, I therefore, ask this honourable House and I invite the Senators to ask who is lying. The same Governor, who accuses the county assembly of lying, is caught forging that internal memo. A ruling was made this morning that she should deliver the original memo. She has failed to do so. The Governor, in the same pattern of lies, stands here and tells you that she has 23 MCAs supporting her. The impeachment Motion, a cursory look will tell you it was signed by 49 MCAs. Simple math tells you that 49 plus 23 gives you 72. Yet shockingly, the County Assembly of Meru has only 69 MCAs. So, it cannot be true that the governor has 23 MCAs supporting her. The Supreme Court in the Sonko’s case was categorical that there is no obligation in impeachment proceedings to prove each and every charge, and this means that even one charge substantiated should suffice. In that case, hon. Senators, guidance was offered that impeachment proceedings are quasi-judicial in nature and are not in the nature of criminal proceedings. They do not necessarily require that criminal culpability should be proven to succeed. All that is required is that these allegations be substantiated. 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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