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"speaker_name": "Gov. Ferdinand Ndung’u Waititu Babayao",
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"content": "there representing me. However, they were never given a chance to give my answers to all those questions that have been levelled against me. I would also like to mention that all the answers are lying at the office of the Serjeant-at-Arms. The answers are there. I wish the Speaker allowed those answers to be brought to the Hon. Members. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I listened carefully to all the accusations. Last week, I also listened and watched the deliberations of the Senate. I must say that I am happy to know that for all the governors who have gone through the Senate, this has had a positive impact in their counties. I hope that after this process, there will be a serious positive impact in the whole of Kiambu County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I was elected in Kiambu County, politics did not stop when I went to the office. There has been a lot of propaganda through social media. Bloggers are being paid by politicians to malign my name. It has gone to a level that they always get away with the propaganda and achieve their goals. They repeat a lie so many times and it ends up looking like it is the truth. Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of you know very well that sometime back, there was an article that went viral that my daughter was found with an account of Kshs100 million. It was found to be untrue. She had an account with only Kshs9,000. That is the level of propaganda that is in Kiambu County. Now that the matter has come to this House, I strongly believe that this House has the mandate to give the residents of Kiambu County and the how country the truth and justice they require. Justice should also extend to me as the accused person. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when I was given the Notice of the Motion, the Assembly took over 17 days to deliberate on a Special Motion. They went against the Kiambu County Assembly Standing Orders, which requires that a Special Motion be disposed of within 14 days. When it came to that day in the Assembly, I was never given a chance to be heard. I had sent my lawyers who were sitting there. They were recognized from the morning and they were waiting to be heard after the accusations, but they were never given that chance. On the same day, because of that culture of believing in propagating lies, and knowing that they have been succeeding in propaganda, a House that had 57 Members only, since the whole day of deliberation, the threshold in Kiambu County as stipulated in the County Government Standing Orders, is two-third. In Kiambu County, we have 92 Members. The two-third is supposed to be 62 Members for the Motion. That threshold was not there in the Assembly; there were only 57 Members. One of the members voted no in my support. He was there throughout the day. He is here and he can testify to that. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Motion that has been brought before this Senate, having not met the required threshold - having been a Member of Parliament twice, a Member of County Assembly of Kiambu and former Deputy Governor of Nairobi, honestly speaking, numbers count. It is the Constitution that outlines what must be done with clear procedures and directions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, however bad I might look politically or otherwise, or whatever people think about me, I should be given justice. I am pleading to this House that as a Kenyan, I should be given justice like anybody else. That is why the Constitution The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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