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    "content": "the part of employment of those persons. He says, “I became aware during the impeachments that there were allegations of certain persons who were hired allegedly by the Governor”. In the report of the Committee of Senate on the matter of the proposed removal of Prof. Chepkwony, an interesting finding and conclusion was made by the Senate at paragraph 243. The comment was that the Committee finds the Governor has not abdicated his role as Governor. He has, however, breached the law in some instances as a result of combination of certain factors. These challenges, if recognised and acknowledged, can be remedied. That was the Senate speaking. The Committee did not find that in the Kericho Governor, an individual was hell- bent in violating the law or abdicating responsibility. Therefore, the totality of the decision was that, it is not appropriate in these circumstances to remove the Governor. This is a standard set by the Senate. Has Gov. Waititu on the evidence available abdicated his role as Governor? Has he been shown as a person hell-bent on violating the law intentionally? Has he been shown to consistently defy or disregard recommendations? I submit that none of those factors have been demonstrated. If not, then the appropriate recommendation is that he should not be removed, but those matters can be resolved by utilization of certain institutions, laws, an enforcement thereof in a strict manner. We, therefore, commend and urge that the same stick; Senate holds a big stick against governors under Article 181, but the same measure, and the same stick used against the other governors should be applied against Governor Waititu. You cannot change the stick, the intensity, and the measure thereof, or the number of canes because now we have Gov. Waititu. Fairness demands that equal wrong be treated equally in terms of remedy. We made no admission on wrong, but should peradventure such be found, then the resolution thereof has already been prescribed, detailed, given with material and very lucid reasoning by the Senate Committee and the Senate. That is our plea and that is our application that on the evidence available, the only allegations that do not rise to the level of gross violation necessitating the deployment of impeachment and removal of the Governor from the office of the County Government of Kiambu. Clear mala fides, of course, have been demonstrated. The impeachment was not brought in good faith. There has been violation of standing orders, failure to comply with Constitution and statutory timelines and thresholds. There has been admission that part of the evidence has been procured by direct beneficiaries of the impeachment. Is that a matter which this Senate wants to rubberstamp and put a serial of approval as to how matters should then proceed in our 47 counties? What shall flow from these proceedings, that is the template that shall be applied in all our counties. Is should not be. The Senate’s role is noble and clear, and if properly applied to the set of facts that are available in this matter, then there are no grounds for removal of Governor Waititu from office as the Governor of Kiambu County."
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