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    "id": 839261,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not, in any way, mean to slight my distinguished colleague. It was just for the record because people will read what we say here many years down the line. The moment she has made the correction, the HANSARD will similarly be corrected. Everywhere she said “Motion” will read “Bill.” Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also stand to support this Bill. This Bill comes late in the day. It is one of the Bills that, probably, we should have legislated in the rundown to the first elections under the Constitution, 2010. Indeed, in the last Parliament, we grappled with several scenarios and situations of impeachment of governors. It was quite clear that in the process of impeaching those governors at the assembly level, some of the constitutional provisos were not strictly followed. You may recall that the Governor for Kericho was brought to this House, having been impeached by his assembly on the basis of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU.) I did argue and still believe that I was right that an MoU is a document of comfort. It does not confer rights, responsibilities or commitments of any nature. It does not lead to any financial expenditure. Therefore, this Bill sets to clear the exuberance of members, sometimes, baying for one’s blood and wanting to impeach because it is important for them to teach somebody a lesson or for various inexplicable reasons. Equally important is the fact that a person who has been elected by universal suffrage to be removed from office--- Although they are representatives of the people, it is unlikely that the people who elected them are party to the process. Somebody can be vindictive, malicious, cheeky and vexatious and bring a motion of impeachment. In the process, if it is not properly defined in law, we might have the Jesus-type trial being meted on people. It went from the Sanhedrin and down to King Herod, who eventually asked the crowd whether to release robbers or Jesus. The crowd was ready to live with their robbers and have an innocent man hanged. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill is clear because it does not say anything new about impeachment. It is simply lifting the provisions of the Constitution and putting them in the Bill. It then provides for a process in terms of timelines and who does what and where. It is, indeed, important that although the President has been elected by The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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