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    "id": 1483847,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I associate myself with the comments by the Senate Majority Leader, but with some amendments. A lot will be said by Senators, but this governor has disobeyed invitations and summons by various committees. Requiring that each Committee then contact the IG of the NPS to produce the governor before them may be a bit of a tall order. If it were possible, there are two options: One is that a Motion is brought before this House so that we pass a resolution requiring the IG of the NPS to arrest and produce the governor. Alternatively, the Chairman of the Liaison Committee, where all the chairmen of committees sit, takes up the matter with the IG of the NPS on behalf of the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the governor of Isiolo County has shown contempt of the first degree, not against the committees, but the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. As you have heard from Sen. Ososti, once that example is set, it becomes very popular with other governors. At the end of the day, what will happen is that when governors are asked to appear before the Senate, they will decide whether to come or not. In this case, let this Senate ensure that the governor of Isiolo County is physically arrested and locked up in the cells in the Parliament Police Station and produced before a Plenary sitting of the Senate. This will serve as an example to other governors who are also wayward, who have no respect and do not honour summons and invitations by Committees of the Senate. Article 125 (2) (a) of the Constitution is very clear that a House of Parliament or any of its committees can enforce the---"
}