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    "id": 436596,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kivuti",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 55,
        "legal_name": "Lenny Maxwell Kivuti",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise here with a heavy heart because this matter touches on my county. I note and I would like to go on record that this matter is not a personal matter for Governor Wambora as Wambora. It is a matter that touches on how county governance should be run. We stand here as the Senate not because of what happened on 14th February, 2014, but as a new matter which I would like to say that pursuant to the first impeachment and the way the courts brought back Governor Wambora, I, personally, as a friend to him, called him. I told him: “It is very necessary that you sit with all decision makers in Embu County.” He agreed. In our meetings I asked the county assembly to sit with him. However, it was not easy and it did not happen. When it did not happen I went further, because of the concern that I have for my county. I got other stakeholders, including the church missions. In the process, we ended up not getting Wambora to sit with the people, because apparently he had tried to get the county government to be dissolved through the idea of going to the President. Also by the time that I was trying to talk to the county government, there were already court summons, stopping them from going on with the county assembly business. I gave up. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I swore to defend the law and Constitution of Kenya. That is why I am in this House. If my friend makes a mistake or is accused of wrongdoing and is given a chance to come and defend himself, and he chooses not to, what else do I have to 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."
}