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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Harun Ndubi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The fact that no expert witness was called in respect of those two allegations is important material to allow the Deputy Governor resume his duties as Deputy Governor of Machakos. Secondly, the allegations are cogged in a very nebulous way. I do not mean disrespect to the Special Committee which found that they were substantiated, but when you say that you have substantially offended one statute or another, each of those statutes contain different offences. Which one is it that Mr. Kiala is supposed to have committed? There is another offence that says that he caused anxiety to individuals. I think reference was made to the annexure to the affidavit of one Dr. Obade who did not testify before this Committee. That is just a letter dated some day in May 2014 or April 2014, raising concerns generally, not specifically talking about Bernard Kiala but saying: “Can you assure us that members of staff working here are safe?” I want to invite all of you to recall that early this year, there were even threats by medical professionals to strike on account of this question of devolution. Some wanted to be devolved and others did not want. So, this was an illegitimate inquiry unrelated to the Deputy Governor, but it is now being used as though the Deputy Governor was the cause. Mr. Speaker, Sir, remember that whatever the allegations, including those matters that were not substantiated, some of those actions like the SMS, borrowing of money and others are things that happened in January and March, nothing happens in between, but somehow around 7th July, they become matters of consideration for seeking to impeach the Deputy Governor. Then what happened in that letter of April, the text messages of Janaury and March, the borrowing money of about that same period of March, where does the anxiety come from where we are now being told that people from outside of the county are anxious; that they are living in anxiety and fear yet – this is, for me, very important – no person or independent witness was brought to testify before the Committee to say that I have heard this; there is a preponderance of this nguu statement 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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