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    "id": 969731,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As Sen. Orengo has said, it is extremely unfortunate that a matter this serious appears to have been taken very casually by the people representing the governor. It is so casual that once all of us have been sitted here the whole day, we collected our documents on Monday. The lawyers of the Governor did not find it fit to even file a formal application before you to explain why they could not comply with the statutory timelines. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even in a court of law, nobody would have allowed such an oral application. It is very casual. Let me point out another casual issue. The Commissioner of Administrative Justice (CAJ) is a court under Section 27 of the Commission on Administrative Justice Act No.23 of 2011. The Commission on Administrative Justice issued a ruling that is adverse to the governor, which the governor ignored, again, very casually and told us that since he has not been prosecuted, we should ignore it. How are we supposed to ignore such issues? Mr. Speaker, Sir, that finding of Hon. Florence Kajuju is unchallenged. The law does not aid the indolent; it only aids the vigilant. Proof of public participation should have come here. The lawyers of the governor were sitted in the Chamber on 19th December. What is the date they submitted? It was on 25th of January. We are not here to assist them; we are here to follow the law. They did not follow the law and, therefore, they must await their fate. On the question of quorum, I have looked at the Standing Orders of Kiambu County. They have got a provision about how quorum is determined. Before we make a vote here, quorum is determined in advance and not at the end. So, that question cannot come here. In the ruling, in the case of Wambora in the Court of Appeal, they said that we have no liberty to go behind the County assembly to interrogate. Under our Standing Orders, this letter that submitted this Motion that gave jurisdiction to this Senate is a letter of a Speaker. What they are saying is we impugn this letter. How do we do that without violating our own Standing Orders? On the question of time, the Senate Majority Leader is the one who summoned us. You have already made a finding, and that matter must rest. There is one issue. For the first time since the case of the impeachment of Gov. Chepkwony, there is a direct nexus between an allegation and a person. For the first time we have done impeachment and, therefore, Gov. Waititu must await his fate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker."
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