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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. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to take the opportunity, first to congratulate you for the well-reasoned and well-researched ruling. On the same breath, I also wish to congratulate my colleague Sen. Olekina for having thought about the problem that is being encountered in some counties which are facing this scenario, Kiambu County being one of them. I am also glad that you have availed an avenue through which the same Motion can be revived though amended to conform to your ruling but it can still find its way to the Floor of this House for discussion. Hopefully, Sen. Olekina through the Deputy Speaker, will eventually achieve the objective that he had when he brought the Motion to the House. Kiambu is one of the affected counties in such a way that as we speak, we have two impeachment Motions which are in the County Assembly of Kiambu. One Motion has been filed to impeach the Governor who is already facing court charges and another has been tabled by a section of the MCAs to impeach the deputy governor. In the next one week or so, it is envisaged that the same House will be voting, deliberating and determining the fate of the two officials; the governor and his deputy on whether the two should be impeached. Your ruling has been a long time coming. It is very necessary that these matters be clarified such that county governments can stop having a space of leadership that is so confused. I want to, not only congratulate you but also request, as Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has said, that you give us signed copies of that ruling so that we can be able to pore through it, see that reasoning and hopefully be able to have a detailed and proper engagement with the leadership of our counties. This will ensure that there is clarity on what should be done. The best medicine that can be prescribed for the Judiciary is for them to be expeditious in determining the matters brought before them. It should not become a bridge - today we are speaking about building bridges - or it should not become a special purpose vehicle that a delayed determination of a matter then can find a gray area whereby other orders will be given that will be assumed to stay in place of a determination. I believe when that is done, we will have order. How I wish that - especially like in the case of Kiambu - the court can sit and determine that matter tomorrow, such that the county can have a clear leadership and people are able to know that this is the person that they will be calling their governor. The kind of confusion we have right now in Kiambu has brought the county to a gridlock. The situation has promoted infighting and divisions amongst the MCAs, some who are deemed to be loyal to the governor and others loyal to the deputy governor. Indeed, this 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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