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    "id": 969775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/969775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to raise three points. We have sat here patiently for the last two days listening to the submissions by the governor and the county assembly. It is sad that the standards set in the eight impeachment proceedings in this House do not meet the provisions of Article 181 of the Constitution. That is because most of those charges that have been preferred are not gross violations of the constitution. Secondly, there has been no nexus that links the governor and the charges in terms of commission or omission. We should do the right thing in as much as it is said that impeachment is a tool of good governance. A decision to impeach Gov. Waititu will haunt us forever because we never gave him the opportunity to give his side of the story or provide evidence. You might want to talk of tanga tanga, kieleweke, Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), ODM or NASA, but that will not be remembered when the history of this House will be written or referred to by us or those who will come after us. As we discuss this, we should be aware that Article 96 gives us power to protect devolution and the counties. We should not become part and process of the political machinations and propaganda that is going on in Kiambu County. We should rise beyond the partisan interests in Kiambu County. We should allow counties and devolution to function in this country. My colleagues should know that history and the HANSARD will haunt us forever. I know that Gov. Waititu’s case is an example of the Government eating its own children. I know that because Gov. Waititu is being impeached for political reasons; there is nothing else. We should stop all the stories. He is being impeached because of politics. I oppose."
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