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    "id": 1038268,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Silvia Museiya",
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    "content": "I will say that the impeachment process was procured largely by duress and coercion; not so much because of the substance of the impeachment, but the interests of some individuals, especially the leadership of the House. I will explain this in three ways. One, there was a disciplinary action commenced against me and three others at the Jubilee Party three days to impeachment, which ended up at around 6.30 p.m., and there was a decision by the disciplinary committee in a matter of two hours. That decision was later rescinded and stamped fake. However, two days to the impeachment, on Thursday, there was a communication from the chair, who is the Speaker, suspending three of us from being members of the Jubilee Party for three months and de-whipping us from our committees for six months. Secondly, there was a de-whipping of Hon. Mark Ndung'u from being the board member representing the Jubilee members. Thirdly, on the material day of the impeachment, 3rd December 2020, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party sent a letter that was signed by Mr. Sifuna, who is the Secretary General of the Party, fining at least eight members between Kshs500,000 to Kshs1 million for disciplinary actions that had been commenced earlier. There was a letter purporting to de-whip Hon. Beatrice Waithera and Hon. Ruth Ndumi, both Members of the Jubilee Party because they were not paying party subscription fees. Therefore, all these go towards intimidation of members and alleged party position that the whip denied on public television. There was threatening. As members, we met to discuss and deliberate on the impeachment at Riverside. Thereafter, we were teargassed by the police, and they followed us to Upper Hill, which is the private residence of the Governor, from which we decided to go to Kwale and follow the proceedings from there. 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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