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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kajwang",
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        "legal_name": "Gerald Otieno Kajwang",
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    "content": "Lastly, let me say that I have also heard that governors are now complaining that when we do our job, we expose them to blackmail, harassment and all sorts of things by the MCAs; that they must take MCAs to Singapore, China and America with our money. We will deal with that later because we must make sure that we pass some statutes that will protect our money from being used to visit Bangladesh and such other places for no good reason other than to tour around. It is important for me to say this, that the charges must be grounded on two serious things. I hope the Committee will look at this. The charges are a serious breach of the law and a violation to the Constitution. That is what the Constitution talks about. Of course, other grounds such as gross misconduct are sometimes difficult to define. But the courts have now narrowed it down to something we can look at. But the Committee should make sure that they are satisfied that the Governor of Kericho County breached the law substantively or violated the Constitution. If the Committee is not satisfied, they should come here and tell us: “We were not satisfied.” We will agree with you. But if the Committee is satisfied, come here and tell us: “We were satisfied on this and on this basis.” The country is listening. If we make a ruling that looks like we are biased or it is a turf war or we want to discipline governors or nyoa them, we might be told that we are irrelevant. But we must protect this House; that when we act, we do so with fidelity to the law and national interest. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I beg to support."
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