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    "content": "2016. Five thousand leaders were invited to the forum to approve the projects generated from the community. We have attached the letter of invitation. The contracts for the projects that were confirmed by the forum have since been awarded and work is in progress on the ground towards their implementation. Thereafter, agitation started at the assembly that the governor had come back to impede their plans for the campaigns for 2017. The second area of difference was the sauna and wellness centre, which the assembly intended to construct. This item had been sneaked into the budget under the item on construction of buildings. It was only when the assembly advertised for the construction of the wellness centre that we realized what nature of the building it was. I then instructed the physical planning department to look into that project. It is then that we established that the drawings had not been submitted for approval, ostensibly to keep the project secret for as long as possible. We instructed the department to stop the project and the assembly consequently cancelled the advertisement. The assembly never forgave me for this. The third area of difference was the Elimu Fund with a total of Kshs90 million. By the time I came back from hospital, I found that the Members of the County Assembly had allocated themselves each Kshs3 million and submitted the list of beneficiaries to my staff, the majority of whom were their friends and relatives. I had the list cancelled and the beneficiaries spread out at the sub-location level in all the 251 sub-locations. I directed that the bursaries were to be awarded to the strictly needy children as vetted by the members of the community at the sub- location level. The Members of the County Assembly were clearly unhappy about it. When I later went to the ceremony to give out the bursary cheques to the successful students, about 35 Member of the County Assembly boycotted the function. It is after all the above incidents that a plot was hatched that I must be removed from office by all means possible. The meetings to plot for my removal were held at the home and under the chairmanship of Eng. Ephraim Mwangi Maina a senatorial candidate who lost in the last general elections. The meetings were held as follows:- The first meeting was held on 22nd April, 2016 at Green Hills Hotel with a specific agenda to plan on how Gov. Nderitu Gachagua will be left out in the leadership of the proposed Jubilee merger and to discredit his performance by any means possible. The second meeting was held on 28th April, 2016 at Eng. Maina’s rural home to review the agenda of the first meeting and plan to boycott and disrupt the governor’s state-of-the-county address. The third meeting was held on 14th May, 2016 at Eng. Maina’s rural home, with the same agenda as the first two meetings and also to plan on how to paralyze the operations of the county government by rejecting the proposed 2016/2017 budget estimates. The fourth meeting was held on 9th July, 2016 at Eng. Maina’s rural home to plan on how to impeach hon. Nderitu Gachagua and paint him as unsuitable to hold the office of Governor. We have the sworn affidavit of hon. John Njuguna Wambugu, the MCA for Mugunda Ward on the above stated meetings,;he was personally present in all of them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, no particulars of evidence has been given to me so that I can prepare a defence before the Nyeri County Assembly. When my lawyers went to the assembly in readiness to offer a defence, despite lack of evidence and particulars, they were chased away by the speaker and were told that I had to personally defend myself despite the very grave charges leveled against me. Since the charges were of gross violation of the Constitution, I thought it was only fair that I be represented by a constitutional lawyer. As the lawyers were chased away, the 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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