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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First of all, I would like to start by saying that I support the Motion. I would like to congratulate those whose names have been enlisted in this Motion to perform this every onerous, difficult and very honourable task. I had the privilege and honour to serve in the first Committee of this House that looked into the matter of Embu. This is not an easy task and as Sen. Khalwale said, we benefited immensely from the support of the Clerk’s Office and the legal teams who worked meticulously to ensure that this House assists us to make a Report that can set a proper precedence. My advice to our Members is that they should hit the road running. You will not sleep when the hearings start because of the time, energy and the processes. I am proud to say that this House, if it goes by what it did during the Governor of Embu situation, then we will serve justice to the Governor of Kericho. There have been misconceptions on whether – I have heard Members of this House going public and saying that there is deficiency of law in the impeachment of Governors. Nothing can be further far from the truth. I want to speak as a person who served in the taskforce on devolved Governments. This was a copy of Article 145 of the Constitution; word by word. Article 145 is about the impeachment of the President. As a lawyer and a former law lecturer, I am worried about the caliber of judges that we have in the country who are giving orders against plain reading of provisions of the law. If you read Article 145, you will see that 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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