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"content": "Hon. Senators, you will note that this ruling was prepared under 20 minutes. So, you will have to bear with the Chair. Now, as you will recall, at the commencement of the hearing of the proposed removal by impeachment of Dr. Eric Mutai, Governor of Kericho County, earlier today on the 14th October, 2024, a number of preliminary issues and questions were raised. Counsel for the County Assembly raised the following two preliminary issues. One, in the first preliminary issue, counsel indicated that in correspondence, which had been issued to the Office of the Clerk, the county assembly had requested that arrangements be made to secure the anonymity of one of the witnesses who will be testifying for the county assembly. The counsel reiterated that pursuant to Rule 28(1) of the Third Schedule to the Senate Standing Orders, the county assembly sought that the necessary arrangements and facilitation be provided in this regard. On this matter, counsel for the governor indicated that the governor objected to this request. On the second issue, counsel indicated that on the receipt of documentation filed by the governor on Sunday, 12th October, 2024, the county assembly had observed that the governor proposed to raise a number of preliminary questions. In this regard, the county assembly had prepared an affidavit dated 13th October, 2024, in response to the preliminary questions and the county assembly showed that the affidavit be admitted and be deemed to be properly on record. On this matter, counsel for the governor indicated that they had no objection and consequently the affidavit was made available to all Senators. Counsel for the Governor raised the following three preliminary questions and issues. The first preliminary issue related to the documents submitted by the governor. The counsel stated that the documentation was not properly paginated and sought the indulgence of the Senate to be allowed to withdraw and replace the documentation. The counsel for the county assembly did not object to this request. The documentation was subsequently availed to all Senators. Therefore, this is matter was dispensed with. In the second preliminary issue, the counsel stated that on 3rd October, 2024, the High Court at Kericho had issued orders restraining the County Assembly of Kericho, the Speaker of the County Assembly of Kericho, the Senate and the Speaker of the Senate from considering the impeachment matter. The counsel referred the Senate to the order and specifically cited paragraph (5) of the order, which reads as follows- “That pending the inter parties hearing of the motion dated the 2nd October, 2024, an interim order is hereby issued to restrain the Senate and the Speaker from receiving or acting or presenting to the Plenary of the Senate and or allowing for debate at the Senate, at the Plenary, or any Senate Committee, at or discussing and or making any decision or 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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