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"content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this opportunity to make my comments. First, I must appreciate that the Senate is fully active. Some Members who have never been here up to this late and I appreciate them because they are very active today. Secondly, this is a very important case that has been presented before this Senate. When I saw it, I said it is a great time that our governors will see the importance of this House. In as much as that one is very important, always in every theory the end and the process go together. We cannot ignore the means because more often than not, the means justifies the end. It is also important for the MCAs in their counties to learn that it is important to follow procedures and set standards. We should not ignore the fact that the threshold of the numbers was not arrived at. The world is listening. We do not want to set a precedent where tomorrow some MCAs somewhere might sit and bring an impeachment Motion against their governor into this House. The process is very important and we do not want to ignore it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not saying this out of sympathy or any emotional aversion. However, many governors are doing their work with a lot of fear of MCAs. It is very true that in some counties, some MCAs are threatening the governors that unless they do one or two things, they will be impeached. In another way, we must make sure that we raise our standards so that whenever MCAs bring such cases before the Senate, they are also sure that this Senate is not a rubberstamp for their unconstitutional demands in the process. In this same case, it is also very unfortunate that the Senate might not have the capacity to question very much the witnesses who appear before it from a county assembly. As Sen. Malalah was saying, in future, we should impeach both governor and his deputy because they were elected together. The deputy was the governor’s choice and they must go together."
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