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    "speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Junet Mohamed",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, that is a good question. This is because if I do not pay for their water bills or service charge on time, they can also dump garbage in front of my house. Further, they will go ahead to tell me that until I pay my dues, they will not remove the garbage from my house. This is a phenomenon that we have never seen. The governor is elected by Kenyans, through the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party, even though Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has some symbiotic relationship with him. However, we cannot confirm that relationship yet because we do not understand where it is headed to. Hon. Speaker, in spite of all that, and with our symbiotic relationship with the governor, we have to condemn things that are done wrongly. That was a wrong act on the part of the Nairobi City County Government. We are warning people who might attempt to do that kind of nonsense. It may not end well with them. Other institutions can also do that; others can lock up your house for not paying your dues or something. That act must be condemned and it must not be repeated or else this House will exercise its mandate of oversight. Nothing constitutionally, stops us from summoning governors. There is nowhere in the Constitution where it is written that governors can only be summoned by the Senate. The Constitution says that Parliament can summon anyone; Parliament refers to both the Senate and the National Assembly. Parliament can summon anybody in Kenya. So, under that provision of the Constitution, we will summon governors if they go wayward. They must stick to the rule of law, and respect the laws that we have put in place as a House to govern this country. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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