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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Charles Njenga",
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    "content": "and watch in peace. It is the same argument that is now being made that they should have intervened at the Floor and confirmed about the numbers and the evidence. It is a zero sum argument that the Governor had no opportunity to address the County Assembly through his advocates, yet he is being told today that, that was the forum; and that, “If you did not address the County Assembly, forever shut up!” Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is not the mandate of the Senate under Section 33. You are being asked to be very unfair to the Governor by locking out any possible response. If you look at the documents which were submitted to this House on Monday – but, of course, they could not be filed – they contain a response or what counsel is calling an answer to the charges. They contain particular documents, arguments and our list of authorities. If those are admitted, you will see beyond peradventure that what we have before you – and that is why there is a strenuous fight to lock these documents out – the Senate should not see them because if they do so, they will realise that what you have before you are mere allegations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I sit, I wish to reiterate precedents set by this House. I participated in the matter of the proposed removal of the late Governor Gachagua. I was representing the County Assembly, as my seniors are. On the date we were before this House, standing at this very place, we were served with documents by the Governor. We conceded without even objecting. The Speaker then directed that those documents be admitted. He gave us 10 minutes to look at them, and proceeded with the motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I suggest, propose and request in all fairness, that we made this notice of documents yesterday before the case started. It is not an overnight reflection or afterthought. We were clear in our minds, but we were directed by the Speaker and we obliged that, “Hold your peace. Make your application when your occasion comes.” Today we are here, and we are being told, “No, you should have done that yesterday.” Let us be fair to the Governor. It is all I ask."
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