{"id":695177,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/695177/?format=json","text_counter":1308,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"relate to explanation as to variance of Kshs70 million provided herein and again another amount of Kshs352 million in terms of explanation. However, my argument is that impeachment is a very serious issue which should be the last resort because the consequences are grave. It is varying a right of voters to have a governor in office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, having listened to the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget, this is my decision this evening. I am not like the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders who have not made their position public but I know they will make it later in the voting. However, I am confident to face this straight head-on. In my opinion, these issues should have first been handled at the level of the Auditor-General and Controller of Budget before a grave position of impeachment was taken to be brought to this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have also seen the provision related to failure to comply with the law and failure to assent to legislation. As I said earlier, the consequence of failure to assent to law is provided for in the Constitution and the Act that the law will take effect. Therefore, it is not really a situation where you can say it cannot be remedied. Looking at the last charge which is abuse of office, I agree with the County Assembly that there are many issues in Nyeri County Government related to persons in offices in acting capacity and their terms of service. That is a violation of Section 58 of the County Governments Act. However, I resist to believe that those violations, considering the political and governance structure which is happening in Nyeri, will be a basis for one to automatically say an impeachment should ensue. Mr. Speaker, Sir, looking at the three grounds, my take is that there are violations that must be looked at. There are institutions that should look at these violations including the Auditor-General and the Controller of Budget. There are issues that would require mediation processes. There are also issues that would require leaders to take up the higher road of leadership and address issues as a county. In my conclusion---"}