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    "id": 744406,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this particular matter. This House has an obligation to review the Standing Orders on a regular basis and make sure that they are fit for purpose, and ensure that this House fulfils its obligation as the House of reason and, as expected, the Upper House in the constitutional dispensation of Kenya. I wish to congratulate and thank the Members of the Committee. I notice that you are also a Member of the Committee. I do hope they will give you an opportunity to append your signature to the Report. I noticed that your signature was among the few that were missing, but I do believe that you agree with the proposals in this Report. A number of the amendments here are really procedural. Some of them are typos and some just a re-grouping and re-classification of the Standing Orders. I want to talk on just a few of the areas where the Committee has done a good job. Sen. (Eng.) Karue, who has declared that he is not coming back to this House, came up with a Bill on impeachment which is still sitting somewhere. One of the areas where there was a deficiency in the Standing Orders was clarity and detail on the impeachment of county governors. We have always found ourselves in a situation where we set up a Committee to investigate charges against a governor and the Committee comes back with a ruling that ties the hands of this Senate. I am glad that in the proposals in these Standing Orders, we have provided greater clarity on the procedure for dealing with governors who have been brought here on impeachment charges. At one point, we attempted to listen to the charges against a governor in Plenary. You do recall that there was a grey area because that had not happened before, and we were almost moving along blindly. However, now I have seen that the proposed Standing Orders have provided some clarity. Madam Temporary Speaker, that does not mean that the Bill that was so diligently brought to this House by Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki should be allowed to go to the dustbin. I want to assure him that even if he will not be coming to this House, we shall maintain contact and ensure that the energy, effort and intellect that he put in that Bill must see the light of day. We shall bring it to this House and make sure there is a clear procedure for impeachment of county governors and other officials. This is because, as we speak, we"
}