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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Hassan",
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        "legal_name": "Hassan Omar Hassan Sarai",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I spoke with similar fashion when I was in the Committee, our good Chairman who has known me for over 20 years now, Sen. Mutahi Kagwe, actually did inform Sen. Leshore that this is how I usually speak. I do not know any other way to speak. But in certain instances, when we need to camouflage, I can speak in that manner. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these charges are not supported by law. For you to come here and be impeached, there must be a charge that is definite under the law or Constitution. So, we cannot have a charge in a vacuum. Abuse of office issues touch on the constitutionality or constitution of Government. I do believe, in that particular instance, that in no way whatsoever does a lawyer or a doctor writing to a Governor constitute an act of abuse of office. In fact, I read his affidavit. He did not say “I heard.” He says “it was reported.” If it was reported, it constitutes hearsay, which cannot be entertained in this Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have searched my conscience on this issue and wish that I had any other reason to dissent from this Report or register minority opinion with some of the other Senators. But I have looked purely as a matter of law and fact. One of my elders told me: “It is not in the institution that one is irrelevant. It is what you do that you exhibit irrelevance.” I do believe that the Senate is not the place to arbitrate over matters 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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