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    "id": 436626,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/436626/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For the sake of the country and this House, and as one who sat in the Committee, first, I want to confirm that of all the charges that were preferred against Governor Wambora, nobody has denied that they were actually committed in Embu County. What happened was that the governor chose to vex this Committee because it questioned if there was a link between what happened in the County of Embu and the role of the governor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, of profound importance to note is the fact that the governor chose to waive his right to appear personally in front of the Committee. We have to ask ourselves this pertinent question. Why did he choose not to appear and instead chose to send documents to the Committee? There can only be one answer; he chose not to appear in person to avoid scrutiny because he would have been asked questions in the Committee. Other than appearing, the governor also chose to go on a press campaign or a press war. I am sure Members of this House and members of the Republic of Kenya read several paid up advertisements in all the dailies which were titled “Devolution on trial.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, the money which was used to run those advertisements was from the county government’s kitty. Indeed, these were taxpayers’ funds. The question we have to answer and to clarify to all governors is that the position and the person of the governor are not synonymous, at all, with county governments or devolution. Looking at the issues that have come up, I am cognizant of the fact that time will not allow me to speak a lot. However, we have questions that we must answer to this nation."
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