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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "What they forget is that the issues that were raised by the governor before the county assembly, the Committee and the Senate now siting as a court are bound by the Constitution. In fact, Article 10 binds all persons and all state institutions in this exercise. Those same complaints could be made before the Senate sitting as a court. He could say that he was not served or properly heard by the county assembly. All those arguments can be made. However, now we face a situation or circumstance where the proceedings we are undertaking would not have legal efficacy. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did mention that because the issue of service had been raised in the Governor Wambora’s case in the High Court that he was not served and that an order of court had already been served - whether we were served or not – I said we should stay those proceedings. However, the House went the other way round, I even became a Member of that Committee and proceeded with the impeachment proceedings. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am trying to plead with the House so that there should be some institutional harmony. Maybe the courts, over time seeing what they are doing to be ludicrous, may change position and take the advice from the Supreme Court that they should not interfere with an ongoing exercise in Parliament. However, now that there is a stay, I think for harmony of institutions of Government, it will be appropriate to stay the proceedings in this House. ‘Stay’ is a term of the Constitution or art, and this Senate cannot be barred from using it. We use all other terms that are defined in the Constitution to bring institutional harmony. Otherwise, if the Committee decides to proceed, then we will end up in a legal quagmire. That is not to say that the powers of the Committee have been taken away. At the end, the Committee will still be seized of the matter and be able to deal with it. I so submit."
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