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    "content": "I salute the distinguished Senator for Kisii, Sen. Chris Obure, who was given the privilege to chair the Committee. I also salute the distinguished Njuri Ncheke Leader, the distinguished Senator for Meru who was the Vice Chairperson and all the Senators who did a wonderful job. In so doing, I also want us, as a Senate, to send a message out there that we are not hounds that have tasted blood, ready, available and willing to bite anything in site. We are not! Every case of a Governor or President that will come to this Senate for impeachment will be heard on its merit and decided on merit. The charges and evidence will be looked at. If they prove that there was violation of the Constitution and gross misconduct, then the law will take its course. I also want to salute the humility of the Governor of Kericho. I think he distinguished himself. We treated him as innocent until proven guilty. He conducted himself with humility, civility, and did not go out there throwing brickbats at the Senate and telling us how incompetent we are to hear his case. Humility opens doors. Humility can also give you a fair hearing before the most hostile court. I think that Governor deserves what he has got. He did not violate the law. Let him go back and work and salute the Constitution of the country. More importantly, there is a notion that we must discourage. This is a notion by those out there who are thinking that we need to bring a law on impeachment. The law on impeachment is in this grand norm; the law of the country, the Constitution. An impeachment court is like a court of equity if you look at the Constitution with regard to the impeachment clause. For instance, when you talk about gross misconduct, nobody can embark on defining what gross misconduct is. A Governor who persistently and consistently drinks and strips himself before the electorate would still be brought here. He may not have stolen any money but he would have embarrassed the electorate and that is gross misconduct. We can deal with him. We do not need to design anything. This is like a court of equity and equity shall always be equal to the chancellor’s foot and nothing else. I want to caution those who have been talking about drafting a law to bring to this House that yours truly here will lead this troops and that law will fail. We do not need that law, the Constitution is sufficient and the law has drafted it sufficiently. Finally, I want to encourage this Senate to remain as we have remained the custodian of the interests of the counties and the custodian of the interests of devolution. Any Governor who is brought before this Senate will be looked at as an individual. No Governor will ever come to this Senate to be tried on behalf of other Governors. When you offend the law, you offend it as an individual. When you err in your conduct, you do so as an individual. The Committee has done a wonderful job. We have a wonderful Report. For those who come here and exhibit arrogance the way the Governor of Embu did will meet the same arrogance in equal measure but within the law. I beg to thank the Committee."
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