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    "id": 438078,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senator Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "The two Senators are putting a very narrow interpretation of Standing Order No.68 (4) (a). A broad interpretation of the Standing Order will tell us and inform us that further proceedings shall not be taken under this section. This means that we cannot now call the Governor and his lawyer to stand there and defend themselves against any of the allegations which the Committee has determined. But this House has the right, apart from noting the Report and approving it, we also have the right to make comments of a general nature in our duty as the protectors and defenders of devolution including Governors and counties and in the manner in which we perceive and understand the proceedings that came to this House. Without going to the merits, the matter is closed, it is fait accompli and we cannot now start saying whether Governor Chepkwony flouted the Constitution or not, the Committee has said that he did not. We cannot say whether he flouted procedural issues on procurement or not, the Committee has said that he did not. But we have a duty to make comments like you have directed on how this matter and what our duty is and so on and so forth. I can assure you that some of us have issues that we want to raise about not the conduct of that Governor or the Committee but some of these Members in relation to this matter and you must allow us to do so."
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