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"content": "resolves to impeach the Governor of Embu County on the following grounds; namely:- a) Gross Violation of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act 2005, and Regulations 2013; b) Gross Violation of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012; and c) Gross Violation of the Constitution of Kenya. Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to thank you and the entire House for allowing us, the 11 Senators, to sit in this historic and Special Committee for the proposed removal from office of Mr. Martin Nyaga Wambora, the Governor for Embu County. I also wish to thank Members of the Committee who chose to elect me and Senator Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen as my Vice Chairperson. I would like to thank the 11 Members, particularly because for all the sessions that we held, we did so as a full house. As I will be demonstrating in moving the Motion, in spite of the fact that at one time, neither the Governor nor his advocate were in the meeting, these Senators went on and ensured that all the allegations that were raised by Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) and prosecuted by their two lawyers, were vigorously interrogated so at to get to the bottom of the truth. I thank them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, both the Governor of Embu and the MCAs of Embu opted not to call even a single witness. The Governor was represented by Mr. Wilfred Nyamu Mati of Nyamu Mati & Co. Advocates. The County Assembly was represented by Mr. George Ng’ang’a Mbugua and Mr. Charles Njenga of Muchoki Ng’ang’a Njenga & Co. Advocates. The County Assembly prosecuted its case using several documents that included reports of committees of the County Assembly of Embu, testimonies from witnesses who appeared before those committees, accounting documents and reports of the Auditor- General of the Republic of Kenya, amongst others. Furthermore, Mr. Njenga and Mr. Ng’ang’a, advocates for the County Assembly gave an official response to the invitation to appear and also annexed court judgments in Kerugoya High Court, Petition No.8 of 2014 involving the International Legal Consultancy Group verses this Senate and another. They also annexed a judgment of the Kerugoya High Court, Petition No.3 of 2014, Hon. Martin Wambora and four others verses the Senate Speaker and five others. We found these annexure extremely useful as we shall be demonstrating. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the part of the Governor of Embu, through his advocate, Mr. Wilfred Nyamu Mati, the Governor formally presented the Governor’s memorandum of response in which the Governor, through his advocate, responded to all the allegations against him. But I wish to inform the House that at the end of that response, which was both written and verbal and taken as such in evidence, the advocate of the Governor then informed us that he was opting out of the proceedings, not because he was pulling out, and this is on HANSARD, but because he had received instructions that he should not proceed beyond that point. The point meant that he had made his preliminary presentation to the Committee and also gone through the responses that I have stated. 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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