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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I did not want to raise this issue when you made your communication, but now that the Chair has finally pronounced the verdict of the Committee, if you read Section 33(6) of the County Governments Act, it says that if the Special Committee reports that the particulars of the allegation against the governor have not been substantiated, further proceedings shall not be undertaken under this section in respect of that allegation. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my reading of that section is that once an allegation has not been substantiated, the Governor is off the hook. However, it does not mean that is the end of debate on the report of the Committee. Let me make this clear because this is the first time this will be done in this House. In the Kericho impeachment, something of a similar nature was done and we ended the case. The case of Kiala of Machakos County was different because the verdict of the Committee was that he should be impeached. There ensued a debate that finally led to a split and we let him go. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is with a lot of respect to you that I say that since this is just proceedings in relation to the Governor as a person, he has now been let off from the charges because all the charges have not been substantiated. However, there have been very weighty policy decisions on matters related to the allegations being substantiated, but they are not gross violation or with recommendations to do this or that. I request your office that because of the seriousness of the issues that emanated from the Chepkwony’s 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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