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    "id": 1589158,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was speaking to the Motion which is whether there was a sitting and the question of whether it is a question to be put is what I am addressing, with due respect. I have heard senior colleagues in the profession and I have tremendous respect for all of them. It will be the darkest day for me as a lawyer who is an appointed officer of the court; the person who has been crying all over the place saying we need to respect the rule of law and that the cornerstone of the rule of law is obedience of court orders. I was one of the lawyers for Miguna Miguna. We got almost 12 court orders. They were all disobeyed by some people who are now running around telling us about court orders in this country. For me, the question as to whether there was a sitting has already been answered by the Assembly and the HANSARD can be played back. You will hear Counsel admitting that, in fact, the circumstances on that day did not favour a sitting. They have had to go, repair and look for HANSARD material because of those circumstances they have told us about. It does not matter if you do not follow procedure. There are conversations that the Senate Majority Leader was inviting us to have, but we have committees of this House whose work is to look into affairs of county governments. We have done that in the County of Nyamira. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my position is that I am not convinced that there was a sitting on 26th June to do this impeachment and having that process-- 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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