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    "id": 839287,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Rev.) Waqo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Jilo Waqo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to add my voice to this important Bill. I congratulate Sen. Cherargei for bringing this legislation to this august House. I support this Bill because where we are as a nation, we seriously need such Bills to safeguard the offices that we have. I have gone through it and seen that it has been well designed and the Bill takes care of both the people and also the Executive. I say this because when you are in an office and you are impeached, it does not mean that the people that have been mandated to do that are removing you from office. President Clinton was impeached one time but he continued to serve. So, the fact that you will be exposed or you will go through that, does not mean that you will be removed from office. I support this because it has been well designed. It is always good to have checks and balances in place. As I said, the speed at which our nation is moving, where we have all these counties and different people coming into power with different characters and different way of administration, we need to have such a Bill in place so that in case of anything, then the common man or citizen can be well protected. When people hold such big offices and especially when we talk of the President or Deputy President being impeached, people might think that this is a serious thing which can never be achieved. However, having this Bill in place confirms that there is no one who is above the law. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill provides for the accused individual the right to appear before the panel. This gives an opportunity to the person to defend himself. When that happens, we can clearly see that there will be no malice and bias in the procedure. The accused individual will be given an opportunity to appear before the Committee. To me, if we did not have that clause, then I would have said we have a gap that needs to be filled. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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