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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elisha Ongoya",
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    "content": "evidence that the contracts of some of these people ran out by effluxion of time; that a contract that has ended, has ended. Number two; you were told that the Governor never dismissed these people. Would it have been easier for the County Assembly to present us with at least a sample dismissal letter of any of these people. The multiple volumes before you contain very many documents except anything in the name of a dismissal letter, even to prove that fact of an allegation of dismissal. You are going to make a decision this evening. I want you in good conscience to reflect on whether you can dismiss a governor for the alleged dismissal of an employee without the dismissal letter and affidavit before you claim to have been dismissed, yet you are told to remove this Governor from office. An allegation has been made that this Governor deliberately and knowingly misled the public that Kshs86 million had been raised through Pay bill No. 247247, Account No.0400163917899. First, let me contextualize that video. We had the opportunity to review that video and you are aware that other videos have been played to show just the amount of mud that was thrown at the Governor; not by the family of the deceased or the wife of the deceased, but by persons whether called activists or other leaders from Meru County. You listened to that clip and I have no doubt in my mind that the Governor is addressing those leaders who are throwing mud at her. When I finally document the story of this Governor, as I hope I will get to do one day, she is the only leader who has been expected to have mud thrown at her with no corresponding right to respond. Every time she responds to those very scurrilous attacks, she is brought here for impeachment. All of us heard somebody claiming that a body of a deceased person would be placed in the home of the Governor to remain there, and if push comes to shove, it is to be brought to this Senate. How do we expect our fellow citizens not to respond? Human beings have an instinct of anger, shame, fear and pride that is natural and normal. There is nothing inherently wrong in those human values. It is just the way God made us as human beings. When the Governor responds to those leaders saying those leaders must support the deceased's wife, build a house for her, buy her a car, start a foundation to support her children, judged in context, that is a Governor who is empathetic to this widow. A Governor who is calling for her to be assisted rather than being taken advantage of for political ends or possibly for business ends. I would want this particular charge to be understood in that context. Ground No.3, in Paragraph viii, an allegation is made of an alleged use of manual payroll. First, I think sufficient evidence has been laid here that this was an issue in the audit report. The County Assembly is yet to consider that audit report and recommend appropriate action or seek answers from the County Executive. Evidence has been laid to you that this Governor inherited a government where manual payrolls were a systemic problem. In fact, she had finished that problem before this impeachment Motion was filed. That is something I beseech you to keep at the back of your mind as you make a decision, one way or the other on these proceedings. Evidence has been laid before you that the issue of manual register has appeared in audit reports in respect of an excess of more than 40 counties. What lesson do we learn 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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