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    "id": 943207,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "the county assembly should be able to hear the county boss saying something and even quoting what their executive said. This is also an eye opener to all other governors that there is need for them to speak out to the county assemblies and share the vision they have with them so that they are walking the same talk. Still, this allegation does not warrant an impeachment. It is something that can be rectified and it is an eye opener to county bosses that they should look for mechanisms of ensuring that they are interacting with the county assemblies. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, another issue that came out was failure to remit statutory deductions to relevant institutions like Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the NSSF. That is also an offence but it needed to be substantiated. In as much as the County Assembly came up with allegations, they also treated this Senate with a lot of contempt because they did not come with evidence. Even when they were told to come with evidence, they said they would do that, but eventually there was no evidence. This Senate does not operate on hearsay. This Senate operates on authentic information that is verifiable, that you can look at as empirical evidence of what is being stated. There is need for people to know that when they bring issues on the Floor of this House, we do not just listen; we also look at information to confirm whether it really warrants an impeachment. I also want to say that concerning the absorption of funds or failure to absorb funds, there are some counties where funds have been absorbed but when you look at the indicators of development, they are not there. The fact that there was money that was not absorbed, should have been proof to the Governor that he needed to absorb that money."
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