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    "content": "If majority of the county delegations of the Senate vote to impeach the governor, he will cease to hold office. The Speaker of the Senate will inform the Speaker of the county assembly of that resolution. If the Senate vote fails, the Motion to impeach the governor on the same charges may only be reintroduced in the County Assembly, 90 days from the date of the previous Senate vote. I know there is a contention on this. Many people think it should be more than six months or even within a year. However, we put 90 days so that we do not risk if the impeachment procedure against, for example, governor ‘x’ or ’y’ fails. We also prevent it from becoming trivial where MCAs, because of political vendetta, may gang up against a governor because of political forces, pressure, clannism and commercial interests initiate a process of removing him from office. The procedure for the removal of the governor applies with necessary modification for the removal of the deputy governor. Therefore, the procedure of removing the governor is the same as that of the deputy governor. The procedure of impeaching the President is the same as that of removing the Deputy President from the office. We have also highlighted the procedure for removing a Cabinet Secretary from office. I urge the new generation of governors to read the law and understand it, especially Article 181 of the Constitution and Section 33 of the County Governments Act. I plead with hon. Senators to fast-track the passage of this Bill into law, so that we empower MCAs to do their work effectively. We are not targeting to remove governors from the office in this Bill. We have seen their memorandum and we will take on board their concerns. The Bible says that the guilty are always afraid. All the governors should not worry, but discharge their mandate within the law. We are only asking them to be accountable and transparent to the people in their counties. They should play their politics to the letter and behave in a manner that befits a State officer. If they strictly follow the law, be accountable and uphold the national values and principles as provided under Article 10 of the Constitution, I am sure even for the next many generations, we might not even need to impeach a governor or deputy governor, the President and the Deputy President. I see Rtd. Judge, Sen. Stewart Madzayo is excited about this law because I know when he becomes the governor he will discharge his duties within it. We will not need to bring him here or ask him to appear before the County Assembly to defend himself against some allegations. Equally, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., who has a dream of becoming Makueni County Governor, is also excited."
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