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    "id": 1588977,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elias Mutuma",
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    "content": "before this Senate to address you on things that are clear? Documents speak for themselves. The HANSARD reports that we took time to take you through are not our documents. They are not documents hinged on an affidavit. They are documents supplied by the County Assembly. None of the counsel who appeared before you took time to address you on any issues that we address you on to suggest that there is no way a sitting could have taken place. So, do you then call a witness here to come and address you on issues that are glaring, that are very obvious on the face of it? It would be a total waste of your time, hon. Senators. There has been also an attempt by the County Assembly to portray the Governor of Isiolo County as a person who advances a self-defeating argument just because it is seen that he approached the High Court to impinge this process. It has been said that the Governor acknowledged that proceedings took place. Nothing can be further from the truth. Hon. Senators, the hon. Governor of Isiolo County went to the High Court in Isiolo based on a press release by the Speaker of Isiolo County Assembly purporting to communicate a resolution to remove him from office; a press release that was not backed by any other evidence that, indeed, there were proceedings that took place. Hon. Senators, you will not come across any broadcast of the proceedings that are said to have taken place on 26th June, 2026. Nothing; not from mainstream media, not from local media, nothing. The only communication that the Governor got was a press release that the Speaker of the County Assembly had to demonstrate that there were proceedings that took place. Therefore, hon. Senators, we urge you to invoke your powers. I stood here last year in October representing the County Assembly of Kericho. A question arose as to the propriety of that Motion. Debate was held here and I stood to defend the position that preceded and hear the charges on merit and if there is any question on the propriety of that Motion, deal with it at that juncture. Hon. Senators, I remember the words of the distinguished Senator for Kakamega, Sen. (Dr.) Boni Khawale. He told me- “Mr. Mutuma, (he called me my name), what do you want the Governor to prove?” That question is the same question I expect the hon. distinguished Senators to ask today. Are you inviting the Governor to prove that, indeed, there were proceedings that took place? It was the duty of the County Assembly before they even started submitting to establish that, indeed, a sitting took place. There is only one way to demonstrate that, by providing this House with credible HANSARD reports. Documents speak for themselves. We do not need a witness to take the witness stand to interpret the HANSARD reports. HANSARD reports are supposed to communicate verbatim what transpired without the need of calling a witness to explain. Their own HANSARD reports do not demonstrate a likelihood of a sitting having taken place. Therefore, the same way you set precedents, because this is the House of precedents, that your mandate under Article 181 and Section 33 of the County 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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