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    "id": 1483861,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "When the County Public Accounts Committee (PAC) landed in Isiolo, we were scheduled to have our meetings at the Isiolo County Assembly. The Speaker of Isiolo County Assembly and the entire Membership of the Assembly disappeared, including the Clerk. We were only left with the Serjeant-at-Arms. The governor, whom we had given notice that the Senate would be coming to Isiolo, was a no-show. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we could not get access to even the projects that the Committee had gone to inspect as part of its constitutional mandate. One of the projects was a market and the county headquarters. The project manager is the Ministry of Public Works. Even the project manager could not get access to those facilities. It must go on record that when we do what we do in committees, it is not vendetta and it is not pursuit for personal glory or any personal gratification. We are doing it because the Constitution requires us to oversight public resources that have been assigned to county governments. I want to say that having visited Isiolo, that the people of Isiolo deserve proper medical services, just like the people of Homa Bay. The people of Isiolo deserve representation at the County Assembly, just like the people of Kiambu, Murang’a or any other county. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is obvious that those things are not happening. However, we cannot be a House that laments. I do not agree that this House should be considering a Censure Motion against a governor, because we have the power to impeach a governor and so, we cannot initiate the process that will lead to that impeachment. For posterity, the secretariat should o advise Senators on the concept of contempt of Parliament. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the directions that Parliament gives in the event of contempt are still subject to judicial review yet contempt of court is not subject to any other review. Contempt of the executive is met with dire consequences. We have put ourselves in a position of weakness by subjecting issues of contempt of Parliament to review by other bodies of judicial review. In other jurisdictions, subpoenas are issued, and the Inspector-General or the head of the police has a responsibility to execute them. Let us not lament; the Inspector-General of Police was vetted by this House."
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