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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I want to take the opportunity to congratulate the Committee on the work they did. Since I have been a Member of a similar Committee before, I know that it is normally a very tough job and sometimes it calls for one or the Committee to spend sleepless nights. I want to go straight to three quick issues, to avoid repetition of what my colleagues have said, that I think are important for us to pick out in this process. The first one is on the threshold of bringing impeachment proceedings to this House. Just before these proceedings were brought to this House, the Governor of Taita- Taveta County had appeared before the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) in which I serve. In the proceedings then, there was a spat or a contestation between the governor and the county assembly on the amount of money the county assembly is supposed to get from the executive. Through a query in the audit process, the governor disclosed that he remits about 12 per cent of the county’s shareable revenue to the county assembly. He was then advised by the CPAIC that the law requires that the maximum amount that can be disbursed to the county assembly is 7 per cent. From that point, and following discussions that were even in the media, I think that is when the friendship, so to say, started to hit the rocks. When I speak about the threshold, when and how will we get this process to address issues specifically that meet that threshold that there are going to be substantive issues about; facts that would uphold an impeachment? It is not about a contest where The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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