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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "We then discovered that because of the timelines involved in the investigation of such a very grave matter, it requires a lot of commitment. Should this House approve these names, the Members who will serve in this very important Committee will have a very onerous task to perform a very sacred responsibility within a very short period of time and come up with a proper report. We find solace in the fact that we have some of the best and most qualified staff in the Senate who without their support--- The clock begins to run as soon as your Communication is given, such as today. Within seven days, we are required to convene here to make a decision. That is not very easy for a Committee of that nature. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we also found that the procedures that are involved in the investigation are similar to the one of the President. We could have wanted to relax the timelines, but even for presidential impeachment, it is the same. This House has had a taste of formation of a Committee, which was in the case of Gov. Wambora I and II; Gov. (Prof.) Chepkwony, Machakos Deputy Governor, Mr. Kiala and the Deputy Governor of Embu County, Ms. Nditi, which was in the first one. In the case of the impeachment of the Deputy Governor of Machakos, Mr. Kiala, there was a recommendation by the Committee which the Plenary defeated. In the case of Ms. Nditi, the Committee never recommended impeachment. We had the cases of Gov. Wambora I and II, and Gov. (Prof.) Chepkwony, where the Committee never recommended. The Committee chaired by Sen. Murungi found that the threshold was never achieved. We had the Committee on the impeachment for Gov. Mwangi wa iria, which was chaired by the Senator for Kitui then. The Committee came here with the report and upon all that experience, Members decided that in the subsequent one, which was unfortunately the one for the late Gov. Gachagua, it would be done at the Plenary. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the difference between the ones that were done by the Committee and the one we did in the Plenary, there was more substance in the one done by the Committee. This is because the Committee consists of a few people who have time to listen and question the people and witnesses who are appearing before it. In all those impeachment proceedings, when history will be written, this House largely will be acquitted to have been so fair. This is because in some circumstances, for example, in the case of Gov. (Prof.) Chepkwony of Kericho County, where they found culpability, the Committee was careful to say that the constitutional threshold was not 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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