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    "id": 938799,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/938799/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": " Yes; it can be a lady. Therefore, there is a danger here. Where the national Government has a fight with counties – whether political or ideological, like it has happened in the past. The danger is for this House to legitimize a process where charges will be brought against any governor and, as a result of those charges, they are told, “You must stay out of office for 5 years.” This is a constitutional coup, and this should be in principle. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that my governor is under investigation and he will be appearing before the EACC tomorrow. Whatever decision the EACC makes, there is one thing that I do not agree with. I will not believe that it was intended in the Constitution that when a governor is charged for misappropriation of funds or all that, that he must leave office, including the Governor of Elgeyo-Marakwet County. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fundamental argument I have with this is the part that says that the governor has been barred from accessing office. This in my opinion is the fundamental position of this Motion. It is what we call the substratum of this Motion. In the absence of that provision, the last paragraph becomes superfluous because automatically where a deputy governor has been given in writing by the governor, like in the situation of Bomet County--- Before the late Governor of Bomet passed on, she had"
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