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    "id": 484273,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutahi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 229,
        "legal_name": "Mutahi Kagwe",
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    "content": "Kagwe: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I normally understand Sen. Wetangula, but this one time, I do not know whether he heard me wrong. You cannot raise an issue of objection by imagining, you cannot rise on a point of order by imagining. I did not talk about feelings. I said and I would like to repeat it that Governors have been impeached by precedent in the past not just on the basis of the charges that have been given to the Committee but on consideration of the Committee and coming to the conclusion that it is in the interest of the county that the Deputy Governor does not continue to hold office. As I said, we have tremendous respect for the people of Machakos County and for the Senator who represents Machakos County and he has been wise in the manner that he has behaved throughout this process, but, however, we considered very many aspects both judicial and political and wondered to ourselves, if we sent back Bernard Kiala, what happens then to the stability of the Government of Machakos County, to the well being of Machakos County and what happens if he continues with the issue of nguu ? We made a decision on this matter, not a personal decision but a decision based on facts and on the consideration that we would like to see a prosperous and well run county government. In our Report, we pointed out that there are issues that were raised during the deliberation on the impeachment process, there were issues of governance that were raised in a general way both within the Deputy Governor’s office as well as the County Assembly and the other institutions within the County Assembly of Machakos establishment. We recommended that some of these issues should be subjected to other Committees of the Senate to investigate and see where those issues lie and the truthfulness or otherwise of the same. We did all this because at the back of our minds was the importance of the people of Machakos; that we want to see peace and prosperity in Machakos County. It is the consideration of the Committee that that is going to happen when we impeach the Deputy Governor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also imperative that this House considers these matters from a very non-partisan manner. I want to recommend that we do so because if this argument of political parties is pushed to its conclusion, this may well be the last impeachment process that will take place here because if we ever take partisan positions, what will happen then is that at every impeachment process, political parties will take their position, defend their people and in so doing, kill the entire stability---"
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