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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elisha Ongoya",
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    "content": "Thank you so much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and distinguished Senators. For the record, my name is Ongoya. I will be making the Governor's closing submissions. Distinguished Senators, courtesy demands that I open this process by thanking this House for the opportunity given to us as counsel and the opportunity given to the governor to be heard as we have been heard. The challenges associated with the time notwithstanding, we are satisfied that we have had a fair day in this hon. House. Distinguished Senators, the Governor invites this House to be guided by certain enduring principles that she will draw the attention of this House to. The Governor invites this House to be guided by the guidance that was supplied by the famous philosopher Socrates to all persons sitting in the position of judges, which you now do. Four things belong to a judge; to listen courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly and to decide impartially. There is a biblical injunction that also addresses itself to the attributes of judges, an advice that was given by a man called Jethro to a man called Moses in the Book of Exodus when Jethro thought that Moses was spending significant amounts of time deciding cases. He advised him to appoint judges to help him decide disputes between the children of Israel. He gave the following attributes; able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness. The Governor holds this Senate in the highest possible regard and attributes these attributes that have survived the age of time to this Senate. Allow me to deal with what I consider to be some side issues that have arisen in the course of this trial and in the Assembly's final submissions. An issue emerged as to whether Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) member No. 10955, Kirimi Ibrahim Mutweri, is an active member of ICPAK in good standing. Fortunately for us, like many other professional bodies, our professional data is now available in the public databases of the respective professional associations. Any Senator who cares to search member No. 10955 on the member search engine of icpak.com will get a chance to satisfy themselves as to the active status and good standing status of that member. Each Senator is at liberty to search on the website icpak.com/search-member to establish for themselves the standing of that member. I say that with great humility because it is important that we address ourselves to the substantive issues that have kept us here and keep us here up to now. It is not for lack of other business that distinguished Senators are sitting in this house after 9.00 p.m. to resolve this dispute. The Governor believes that the issue before this Senate is so significant that it should never turn on a matter of side issues. Once Senators search member No.10955 in the icpak.com search engine and establish the active and good standing status of that accountant, they will then form their own opinion, as to who is standing on the platform of truth and who is standing on the platform of lack of truth, in the conduct of these proceedings. 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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