15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Without interrupting the Senate Minority Leader – I have already interrupted anyway – this is a serious matter, and if I may request the House that we minimize interruptions so that we can hasten this issue in the usual manner which I do not want to say because the whole country is watching, you know what is needed to ensure that a vote takes place in this House. If we can allow it to flow a little bit, it will allow some of us to make contributions before we vote.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Without interrupting the Senate Minority Leader – I have already interrupted anyway – this is a serious matter, and if I may request the House that we minimize interruptions so that we can hasten this issue in the usual manner which I do not want to say because the whole country is watching, you know what is needed to ensure that a vote takes place in this House. If we can allow it to flow a little bit, it will allow some of us to make contributions before we vote.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is another very sad afternoon in the Republic of Kenya and the history of devolution. The reason is that we are again, the fourth time, presiding over an impeachment of a public officer in the person of a Deputy Governor of Machakos. The first one was the Governor of Embu, then we dealt with the Deputy Governor of Embu, then we moved all the way from Mt. Kenya region to the land of tea to deal with the impeachment of the Governor of Kericho, then we are now back to the other end, the dry areas ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is another very sad afternoon in the Republic of Kenya and the history of devolution. The reason is that we are again, the fourth time, presiding over an impeachment of a public officer in the person of a Deputy Governor of Machakos. The first one was the Governor of Embu, then we dealt with the Deputy Governor of Embu, then we moved all the way from Mt. Kenya region to the land of tea to deal with the impeachment of the Governor of Kericho, then we are now back to the other end, the dry areas ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have published a Bill and I hope this House will sit down and give meaning to the position of the deputy governor so that in future even as we preside over, we will be looking at the functions vis-à-vis the expectations of the people of that county. In working on that Bill, I have read about Nigeria. The story of Nigeria in the first few years shows very clearly that most governors were impeached. That impeachment was related to matters of accountability. That issue is still going on in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have published a Bill and I hope this House will sit down and give meaning to the position of the deputy governor so that in future even as we preside over, we will be looking at the functions vis-à-vis the expectations of the people of that county. In working on that Bill, I have read about Nigeria. The story of Nigeria in the first few years shows very clearly that most governors were impeached. That impeachment was related to matters of accountability. That issue is still going on in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be brief. I have listened with great admiration to the various contributions that have been made by my colleagues this afternoon. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to start by thanking the Committee for doing a good job because in the tradition of this House on the matter of impeachment and even on other matters that we have had to deal with, we have relied overwhelmingly on the trust, confidence and expertise that our Committees have displayed. So, I want to go on record as thanking every Member of this Committee; ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be brief. I have listened with great admiration to the various contributions that have been made by my colleagues this afternoon. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to start by thanking the Committee for doing a good job because in the tradition of this House on the matter of impeachment and even on other matters that we have had to deal with, we have relied overwhelmingly on the trust, confidence and expertise that our Committees have displayed. So, I want to go on record as thanking every Member of this Committee; ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are doing here, and that is my fourth point is that impeachment is not an academic exercise. It is not a judicial exercise, but it is a political process. That does not mean that we cannot be fair. By being a political process, we can still be fair. However, we need to set the record straight that this is not a court process. That is why we have had issues with courts once in a while when they have not understood what we do here every time we are dealing with impeachment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we are doing here, and that is my fourth point is that impeachment is not an academic exercise. It is not a judicial exercise, but it is a political process. That does not mean that we cannot be fair. By being a political process, we can still be fair. However, we need to set the record straight that this is not a court process. That is why we have had issues with courts once in a while when they have not understood what we do here every time we are dealing with impeachment. Mr. Speaker, Sir, ...
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