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    "id": 484093,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have published a Bill and I hope this House will sit down and give meaning to the position of the deputy governor so that in future even as we preside over, we will be looking at the functions vis-à-vis the expectations of the people of that county. In working on that Bill, I have read about Nigeria. The story of Nigeria in the first few years shows very clearly that most governors were impeached. That impeachment was related to matters of accountability. That issue is still going on in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. Most of them were sent home because when they came to the office, they suddenly realized that they have enormous resources. In the situation of Kenya, one of the inductions the governors underwent in Naivasha was the “big man induction”. They were told you will be called “Your Excellency”, you will have a siren, you will have a flag and so on.” That is the one thing we are still struggling with in the County Public Accounts and Investmetns Committee. Be that as it may, the later years of devolution in Nigeria became the years of impeaching deputy governors. The reason was this, in Nigeria, the deputy governor is suffering for many reasons, some of which are related to succession, power control, competition for political space and political parties. The Nigerian situation is unique because they do not have the opportunity to appeal against impeachments to another level. In Nigeria, at the state, once the governor has succeeded in removing the deputy governor, he just takes it to an equivalent of the county assembly and the deputy governor goes home. Luckily in this Republic, we have a second look by the Upper House; the most important Chamber in this Republic on matters of impeachment. And as we preside over exclusively an impeachment of a Deputy Governor where the Governor is not in the proceedings, we must remember and have that in mind that issues of impeachment of Deputy Governors put them in a very awkward situation and I leave the rest of that statement to be filled by your imaginations. 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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