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    "id": 691946,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wako",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Sitswila Wako",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak on this topic. From the outset, allow me to say that I support Sen. Khaniri and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in opposing this Motion. I oppose it because under our Standing Orders, an impeachment process is not supposed to be handled by a committee but the Senate itself. There are very good reasons for giving priority to the Senate to hear the petition. It is upon the Senate to permit or allow, by resolution, formation of a committee to hear it on its behalf. The committee should then report back to the full House but the priority is to the Senate itself. This is a priority which we see in other jurisdictions. In Brazil, when the matter went to the Senate, it is the Senate as a whole which carried out the hearing. The Chamber of Deputies which is the Lower House may form a special committee but the work of that committee is not to hear the petition but to decide on the issues of admissibility. Once admissibility has been done, it goes to the Senate which is the Upper House which does it as a whole. We are coming to the final end of our tenure and we have had an experience of having special committees. Now, it is time to have the experience of a full Senate. This particular case is particularly appropriate for a full Senate because we have been following what has been going on in Nyeri. Our Senator has been very good at playing out his role in trying to reconcile the parties and I know that. This is the third case I have witnessed MCAs actually sleeping in the Chamber in order to vote because they fear they might be kidnapped. That is an issue and it is a serious matter. This is the only case where I have seen Members of the National Assembly from that area going to the Office of the Governor and telling the workers there that they are safe but the Governor should not continue going to his Office after the County Assembly has done its job. Therefore, it shows the seriousness with which this matter is being undertaken in Nyeri County. Because of the seriousness, sensitivity and emotionalism that has gripped the people of Nyeri, I think it is only fair that the people of Nyeri have the entire Senate doing the hearing of this particular matter. Therefore, I oppose and plead that the Senate hears it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to Standing Order No.1, you have very many precedents on how an entire House---"
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