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"content": "He even offered me a helicopter to use but I did not take it. I thank him so much. Having said so, I also want to thank those who embraced the “hyena philosophy” and thought the hand was going to fall off but it never did. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me now second the Motion. This is Motion is simple and straight forward like you guided the House. I support what my learned junior, Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, has said in moving the Motion that this is indeed a procedural Motion that helps us to set up a Committee. Failing to do so means that we still have to do the same job but through the Senate Plenary. In a matter such as this, those of you who may have been old enough to watch the proceedings of the Nixon trial, that is what we are about to get in; the Water Gate Scandal trial that impeached President Nixon. The Senate Committee will sit as a quasi-judicial organ under our Standing Orders, the impeached Governor and his deputy are entitled to appear with their lawyers if they so wish and defend their position and prosecute their case. I enjoin Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki in stating that the names listed here are names of colleagues who fit the bill. We have good and senior lawyers in this Committee, we have engineers; we have seasoned politicians like Sen. Boy Juma Boy, who was our chief whip in the Seventh Parliament. He used to stand up and speak Kiswahili with a boisterous voice that would shake the House. I would want to encourage everybody to have an open mind and an open attitude. Each and every Senator in this House has the capacity and the ability and would have had the opportunity to sit on this Committee but the rules and statutes provide for eleven Members. So, we cannot all fit. So, those of us who are not in the Committee, we know how House Committees work, you can actually go and attend the meeting if you wish, provided that when there is a vote to be taken you do not vote, but we do not have to do that. We trust that the Committee we are setting in place will discharge the responsibilities and duties bestowed upon them studiously, courageously and with the fairness that is expected from a House of this magnitude and stature. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you said, this is the very first case of its nature and its kind in independent Kenya and more so under the new Constitution. I want to encourage the Committee that whatever you do will be precedent setting. You may choose to engage in trivialities and bring an ignominious report that will bring a bad name to this Senate or you may also rise to the occasion and discharge your responsibility to the admiration and satisfaction of everybody so that even those who are aggrieved, if and when a decision is made in one way or another, they will go away saying, I did not get what I wanted but I got justice. That is what justice is all about and I have no doubt that where you find Sen. Orengo, Sen. Murkomen and Sen. Sijeny, they will instantly be able to give the advice required in matters to do with law. Where it requires firmness, you cannot doubt Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale; where it requires emotions, you cannot doubt Sen. Kittony; where it requires courage, you cannot doubt Sen. Hargura; where it requires charm and colour, can you doubt Sen. Lesuuda? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to end by urging the House that we have only ten days to finish the work and report back to the Plenary. If we are in agreement with the names, we should move expeditiously to approve so that they can retreat to constitute themselves into a proper Committee and start their work. With only ten days, given the contention that may arise in the matter, we must give them ample time, and your office must give The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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