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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elisha Ongoya",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will beseech the timekeepers to remind me at intervals of perhaps 15 minutes, because I like managing my time, as I get along. This is my humble plea. Impeachment processes, as I have said before, are processes governed by law and legal principles. It is now settled by no lesser authority than the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kenya that, public participation is an important pillar of the impeachment process. It therefore means that if an impeachment process is undertaken on a foundation of lack of proper public participation, then that particular impeachment process cannot stand the test of scrutiny. I would like to take these hon. Senators through the public participation report in volume V of the County Assembly's documents so that they can ascertain whether that principle was satisfied. If the Senators can access volume V, the largest possible volume of the County Assembly's Documents, I will beseech them to look at page number 35 of that document. It is the biggest volume in the County Assembly’s document. If you look at page 35, there is a photograph on that page which is supposed to be a photograph of the members of the public attending a public participation function at Abogeta West Ward. I beseech the Hon. Senators who have seen that photo, to look at page number 30 of the same Volume, which is supposed to be the public participation event at Abogeta East Ward. On the face of it, the same people in the same sitting arrangement, taking the same posture on page 30 at Abogeta East Ward, are the same in the same sitting arrangement, taking the same posture that you will discover on page 35.I leave it to your able judgment about what that says of the integrity of this public participation process. That is not enough. I will beseech hon. Senators to turn to page number 331 of that same document. May I urge that we start at page 330 for proper context? On page 330 is the title of the minutes, showing that this should be a public participation event at Akirang’ondu Ward, in Machungulu Social Hall. I will beseech the hon. Senators to look at Minute No.3, which runs from page number 331. I would like you to look at the entire of that minute from where it starts, all the way overleaf to page 332."
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