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    "id": 1589556,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Eric Theuri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker Sir, on the 26th June, 2025, the Speaker of the County Assembly of Isiolo issued a press communication at around 3.00 p.m. announcing that the County Assembly had resolved to impeach the Hon. Abdi Ibrahim Hassan, the Governor of Isiolo County. This communication will be found in Bundle No.3 of our volumes, that is Volume No.3, at pages two, three, four and five. This release is significant in these proceedings as it marks, in our view, the announcement of a phantom impeachment of the Governor. We will shortly demonstrate the salient gaps and schemes and hopefully persuade the Senate to reject this phantom impeachment. The press release by the Speaker of the County Government of Isiolo triggers a very important question, and that is the question upon which our first limb of the preliminary objection stands: What is in law, a resolution of the county assembly? The County Assembly of Isiolo Standing Orders and specifically Standing Order No.65(8) provides that when a Motion for the removal of the governor is passed by at least two-thirds of all the members of the assembly, the Speaker shall inform the Speaker of the Senate of that resolution within two days. You will find this resolution from the County Assembly in the Assembly's Volume No.3 at page 100. It is our submission that for the power of the Senate to be invoked under Standing Order No.80, the Speaker of the Senate must receive a resolution from the Speaker of the County Assembly. Therefore, there is a test that is two-fold. The first test is that there is a resolution and the next is that it is supported by two-thirds of the Members of the County Assembly. In forwarding this resolution, the Senate Standing Orders, the Third Schedule of the Standing Orders and the Senate Guide Manual on the procedure and rules for removal of county governments developed in 2025, require certain documents to be submitted together with the resolution. That is: the Impeachment Motion, the County Assembly HANSARD, the Division of voters list, the advertisement of the summons to the governor, the list of witnesses of advocates, the list of advocates, list of witnesses, records and videos and other evidence. It is our submission that this requirement has a good purpose and it now fits into the preliminary objection or the preliminary issue that we raise. 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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