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    "id": 1483304,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Crystal Asige",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have two observations to make. It is my understanding that the Kericho County Assembly consists of 47 members, and Section 33 of the County Governments Act requires that two-thirds of the votes are needed to support an impeachment Motion, which means that the county assembly needed 31.3 votes. Further, if we use the Justin Nkaduda versus the County Assembly of Tana River, we can infer because of jurisprudence that a natural person cannot be fragmented into a fraction. Therefore, the logical thing to do would be to round off the decimal to the nearest round number. The nearest round number in this case is 31. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are here as a quasi -judicial hearing. I, therefore, see us as judges, very strongly so in this case. I also see us akin to scientists who have been given the mandate to deal with this case with precision. This is a laboratory and we are all scientists. We have been called to make a very fine cut with these preliminary objections. Science has laws. There is the law of gravity, the law of motion, the Mendel's law, the Megan law and other several laws. Those are absolute. They cannot be moved. They cannot be wished away. Similarly, the High Court has ruled through this jurisprudence that you should calculate to the nearest round number, and that is law. It is through a court of law and I believe that we should continue in that way. Thirty-one has been met in terms of votes. Therefore, we should listen to this case further and the substantive issues therein. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have also been invited by the governor's counsel to mirror the decision of your counterpart in the National Assembly. I feel that is out of order. You 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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