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    "id": 969500,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Peter Wanyama",
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    "content": "You must look at the context really, so that you understand that this impeachment is being motivated. As I said, motive is very important. What is the motive of this impeachment? The motive of this impeachment is to get the Governor out by all means necessary, including coming up with a faulty impeachment process--- A governor who has been elected under Article 38 of the Constitution has a right to hold office. It was some kind of a coup; there is no content here. The testimony of the second witness, the lawyer, is heavily tainted by motive. It is heavily tainted and cannot be relied upon. Does this second witness know that there are mechanisms for dealing with complaints regarding individuals, where there is an allegation of criminality in place? These are mechanisms that exist. But out of his own volition, as the legal advisor to the Deputy Governor, he wrote a letter to the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ). We do not know the context in which he wrote this letter. This letter was not submitted to the County Assembly; it was submitted to the Senate as an afterthought, as part of the documentation which we are rejecting now. As we are saying, what motivated him? Clearly, you can see beyond this impeachment horizon that there is a huge political motivation to get Gov. Waititu out. You must consider that when you are making your decision, because that should not be the motivating factor for impeachment. Instead, there must be a genuine grievance, which meets the constitutional threshold for removal from office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we speak, these impeachment proceedings are extremely frivolous in terms of content and they do not meet the threshold at all. The only inference you can make is that the allegations have not been substantiated at all. The threshold for impeachment, to be specific, has been laid down in law. As I said, our response was rejected, and so we have to read this in the HANSARD as part of our oral submissions in commentary to the case for the county assembly. In the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which really forms the bedrock of legal decisions in Africa regarding impeachment, in the case of Muyiwa Inakoju and Others; Supreme Court of Nigeria 272 [2016]. This is what the Supreme Court said:- “A governor, as a human being, cannot always be right; and he cannot claim to be always right.” 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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