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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Of course, you are right that the people of the great County of Nyamira are looking at their Senator and the 67 other Senators to find a solution that is within the confines of the law. I thank the Chairperson of the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, who is seized of this matter, but I want to agree fully with Sen. Olekina. People cannot come to this House and tell us that there are cases filed in court and that we ran away from our responsibilities. If you remember the Solomonic decision by former Speaker, Hon. Kenneth Marende, there were court cases, but that did not prevent Speaker Marende from stepping in and making a decision of the House to be known to the whole country. First, the two parties were heard before the Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, though there was inadequacy of time. One faction is of the view that they did not get adequate opportunity to present their case. This is a very simple matter. We are allocating money to the County Government of Nyamira. That confusion is creating an opportunity for those who want to siphon money from that county to do it in an easy way. If we were to be candid, by now the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) should be camping in Nyamira. Some of the things that have happened in Nyamira need an intervention that can lead to some people being sent to jail. Even if we disagree with His Excellency the President, there is no way you will wake up one day and gazette the sittings of this House to be held elsewhere. We fight here on this Floor. Everybody knows where the precincts of the County Assembly of Nyamira are. The Governor gazetted it at the beginning of the term. Chairperson, I want you to be bold. You are here to serve the interests of the people of the greater County of Nyamira, not the impeached Speaker, not the Governor or I as Senator. Look at the interests of the people of Nyamira. If you have been impeached, you know it. We did impeach the Governor for Meru County. She went to court, got an order and we respected that order. Once the court vacated the order, she left office. In the case of Nyamira County - and I am sorry that even the Council of Governors (CoG) is unable to grasp very mundane issues of law - the Speaker was 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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