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    "id": 436287,
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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "To investigate the proposed removal from office of the Governor of Embu County and to report to the Senate within 10 days on its appointment on whether it finds the particulars of the allegations to have been substantiated. What we do here is critical for the country, devolution and for this House. You have, correctly pointed out that the least that is expected from this House as we debate this Motion is to maintain our sobriety and our cool because the Committee which is proposed here will be charged with the responsibility of discussing a matter that is quite grave and which is critical to the devolution system as I have said. The other thing I want to say, as I move this Motion, is that I want to look at these issues in the context that something went wrong in the counties, as this Motion was being moved, in terms of procedure. That is why the County Assembly had to repeat this process. From this end, we are taking up the process to see that it is done in accordance with the law. I also want to say that in the spirit of an open mind and sobriety and as this Committee is proposed, it is assumed that we do not know the veracity of the claims that have been made against the Governor. That is why this Committee is important. It will ensure that the accused person has an opportunity to come before the Committee to defend himself, to adduce and give evidence among other things. The work of the Committee is cut out and is described in the relevant parts of the law and in particular, Section 33 of the County Governments Act where it is provided that the Committee must report to this House within ten days. That means that it could do this earlier than ten days. It is expected and probably adequate time will be provided to the accused persons to defend themselves and to produce any evidence that they have to support their defence. 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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