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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Linturi",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": "I want to say that in the proceedings, we were not bound by the strict rules of evidence. When we are determining this matter, what we are being called upon to do in the absence of evidence before us is that we are going to determine this matter by having failed to admit evidence on the basis of a technicality which, in my view, is a violation of Article 159(2) of the Constitution of this Republic. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the matter that we are deciding is very weighty. The election of a governor to the office of governor and the authority under which he acts is through the donation by the people of this Republic. That being the case, one of the questions that I would beg Members of this House to think and answer by way of their conscience when voting, is whether a County Assembly composed of 57 Members and the 47 Senators, because those are delegations that have authority and power to vote on such an important Motion, is it fair, constitutional or right to oust the power of the people of Kiambu County who decided to elect Gov. Waititu as their governor; whether that authority from them can be ousted by less than 100 people."
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