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    "id": 969736,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, when Speaker Ethuro made a ruling on allowing Gov. Gachagua to bring additional evidence before this House, he asked a very simple question: “Why are we here, Senators? We are here to try and establish the truth”. It is in that decision that I want to form the basis of my argument. Let us be guided by logic, and not just the law. Secondly, we are being told that there is evidence that was placed before us. I asked a very simple but logical question: Why do we bring witnesses before the Senate? Why do we keep them under oath? The gentleman who spoke on behalf of the county assembly was asked by the lawyer for the governor: “Are you sure that the numbers in the House, because you were the mover of the motion, met the prerequisite quorum for a governor to be impeached? The HANSARD bares me witness. He said that he is sure of the numbers. What were the numbers? Is it 56? If we are being told that we cannot make a decision because evidence is not before us, then I dare ask: Why are we bringing witnesses before us? I thought witnesses come to help us understand the case better. It is politically convenient to make the kind of arguments, the flowery ones that you are being given this afternoon. Let us be firm and consistent. I just want to ask of you, my colleagues, to be logical also. Do not dare do something because it is politically convenient for you today because, tomorrow, you do not know where you will stand. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a final point, we were informed, if you read the notes that have been presented on our tablets, that an impeachment process is sequential and consequential; that it follows a particular sequence. Therefore, if the sequence that was supposed to be followed at the county assembly was not followed, then the consequence of an impeachment has not been done."
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