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    "id": 943242,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 611,
        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion of adjournment of the House for 10 days to allow Members to interact with their constituents. It has taken a while for them to be in their counties. Many of them have been in Committees and will still have Committee work. Therefore, this short recess of 10 days will be of great assistance to them to, at least, get some time to interact with their counties and learn the challenges that face their constituents. I also take this chance to congratulate the special Committee for investigating the issues surrounding the impeachment of the governor in a short time. However, I have some issues with the recommendations of the Committee because there are areas where the governor violated the Constitution. We all know that counties are a product and creation of the Constitution. However, some of them are clearly violating the Constitution which they are supposed to implement. Gov. Samboja was not addressing the County Assembly in accordance with the Constitution. So, he violated the law and the Committee should have taken a further step on the same. We were told that the governor was not remitting statutory deductions for his workers which is a total violation of the law. However, the Committee has not given us a recommendation or strong resolution on the same and also on other issues. There was also the issue of misappropriation of funds. Whether there was evidence or not, the people of Taita Taveta County have not benefited. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the governor also wanted to dissolve the whole county. He should have given reasons why he wanted to dissolve it in the first place. Taita Taveta County still has a lot of issues to tackle, now that this House has not given a clear picture on what should be done to the governor. This is a governor who does not involve other institutions within the counties and is not performing. He also does not remit statutory deductions according to the law. However, he has been given a clear verdict to go back and do what he wants. I urge this House and the investigative institutions to help the people of Taita Taveta. This kind of pull and push has really taken place in Taita Taveta County for a long time. So, it has disadvantaged them. I, therefore, support the Report of the Committee but with my own reservations in that they have not given a clear path of what is to be done to resolve the standoff between the governor and the leadership of Taita Taveta County. I wish Members all the best as they go to their counties to interact with their people."
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