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    "content": "impossible to capture the role and the responsibilities that they have in these particular counties, yet they came there for a particular reason. Even during the election process, there was a reason why the selection of the Deputy Governors was done. For various reasons, they came on board so that they could contribute. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we ask ourselves the question:- What do we do with proactive Deputy Governors who would like to do a little bit more for their counties or talk a little bit more about the development in those counties? They are there for a reason and want as much as possible to be able to do a lot. They are not there just as a show to be seen and not to be heard. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in our case, the Deputy Governor raised various key and important issues that had to do with employment of staff at the county, revenue collection and how that money was banked and other very critical issues within the counties. For us to understand this impeachment trial, we must be able to understand that background. It is that background that is very critical in terms of the accusations that have been leveled against the Deputy Governor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was a Member and, indeed, the Vice-Chair of this Committee. We had a total of 24 charges. Everything went well in so far as not substantiating 21 charges. But when it came to the specific three charges, the key question that we had to ask ourselves was whether the very high threshold that we had set would actually be attained. We had set this particular in advance. We had said, for example, that the allegations must be serious, substantial and weighty. We agreed that there must be a sense that the violation was flagrant and glaring and there was a nexus and connection between the violation and the person being accused for it. At the end of the day, we really expected that even though these specific issues had been highlighted, when it came to the actual discussion of the threshold, we would be able to look at this threshold in detail. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to be very specific about the three charges that were substantiated within this Committee, that is, Charges 10, 13 and 24. This is the basis---"
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