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    "id": 938868,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the contributions by my colleagues and I am baffled because we are the House that is tasked with protecting the interests of the counties and their governments. Devolution being a new baby which is crawling, there are so many things which are unique in their characteristics. This is what in law is defined as sui generis . This is a situation where we have found ourselves; that a court of law which is another arm of Government has barred these governors from accessing their offices. If you read the decision by Justice Mumbi Ngugi, she equates it to these governors having been accused of committing a moral illegality. The term she used is ‘moral ill-health.’ She is not saying that she is barring these people from accessing their offices entirely, but for the duration of the trial; what they have been accused of. We are seeking to find a solution, where we have a county governor barred from accessing his office. This is where I differ with the Senate Majority Leader when he says that governors can perform their functions outside the office. They cannot do so because when you look at the circumstances that led to that governor to be barred from accessing that office, it is what the judge called ‘moral ill-health.’ But in this case, I am not focussing---"
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