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    "content": "(3) Within seven days after receiving notice of a resolution from the speaker of the county assembly— (b) the Senate, by resolution, may appoint a special committee comprising eleven of its members to investigate the matter.” This is similar to the process of removal of the President by impeachment, where the county assembly is the indictment chamber while the Senate is the trial chamber. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good that we have second or current serving Senators who have undergone this procedure. Many people who are dreaming, imagining or planning to vie for the position of governor; like Sen. Kilonzo Jnr., who wants to vie for the position of the Governor of Makueni; Sen. Kihika among others. I can also see Rtd. Judge, Sen. Madzayo, who has been putting his arsenal together for the titanic battle in his county. Therefore, you should be well advised on how these procedures are so that you can know how to evade issues when the time comes. This is because it is more of a quasi- judicial or quasi -political process. It can neither be criminal nor civil; you should, therefore, be well advised. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to run through Part II, because I know that there is a lot of interest in this Bill and my colleagues want to flesh it up by adding one or two issues. Part II outlines the removal of the President and the Deputy President by impeachment and gives further details concerning the timelines within which such impeachment procedures should be concluded in the National Assembly and the Senate. As I have said in my opening remarks, this is to put the nation---. You can imagine that if the process of impeaching the President or the Deputy President is ongoing, if we do not have a timeline where the courts can intervene or within which to conclude the matter, then even the person in office can take advantage of this situation. We want it to be timely so that the person in the office does not do this. This is because the longer it takes, the more likely the process can be manipulated. Even the courts have even been given time when they can intervene for the entire process."
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