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    "content": "and Business Committee and will be pursued to its logical conclusion in respect of Governor Kidero. However, I want to report to this House that there is a common thread that runs through the counties where you get governors being very resistant to come to the Senate; right from Bomet, Meru, Murang’a and Kakamega. The common thread is that upon looking at the reports of the Auditor-General, they realise that there are damaging audit queries which cannot afford to be interrogated. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you must be congratulated for insisting that these governors should come forthwith and respond to audit queries. When I watched Governor Munya speak, I was very disappointed because he is not just a governor, but an officer of court. He is a lawyer and a teacher of law. He taught my son at Moi School of Law. So, for him to pretend that he does not understand the Constitution simply because he wants to be allowed to run away with the thieving, stealing and pilferage of public funds in Meru, cannot hold water. I also want to appeal to Senators that on this particular issue, we might indirectly be contributing. I remember when we went through the elections of the Chairman of CPAIC, some of the Senators who sit in that Committee were saying that Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, would not be ideal to be chairs because they have announced their ambitions to run for governor. You are playing into the hands of those governors. It is Sen. Murkomen who has put it so eloquently that no one should ever be denied an opportunity to exercise their ambitions under the Constitution. We want people to run for MCA, governor and president. If it happens that the person is running against a person in office who you love, please, hold your horse, you are free not to run against your man. For us, we shall continue running against them to ensure that the democratic space in this country is opened up completely, if for nothing else, just to remember the lives lost by Kenyans who wanted that the democratic space of the country be expanded. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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