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    "id": 1109167,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "The presumption, the substance and the spirit of the Constitution was that these people would be like a couple who will live together and agree on everything. The Constitution did not envisage the crisis that the differences between the President and the Deputy President can create in the country. That fact goes further that in the absence of the Deputy President, that President who assumes to be the President, nominates the senior most Cabinet Secretary. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other day, courts declared these Executive Orders by President Uhuru Kenyatta null and void. Remember in one of the Executive Order No. 1/2018, the President did appoint one of the Cabinet Minister as the Coordinator of the Cabinet functions. This idea is good. I agree with what Sen. M. Kajwang has said brilliantly. It looks this guy should have been more useful during BBI because what he said should have worked more there. It is in public domain that the President and the Deputy President do not see eye to eye. This thing has taken a spiritual angle. The bishops and other religious leaders are now trying to bring them together. In as much as this is a good avenue where spiritual leaders want to bring these leaders together, we should look into the future on how we can redesign the architect and design of this Constitution. We can ensure that when a Deputy President and a President are in office, if it reaches a point where they do not see eye to eye, there are mechanisms of removing the Deputy President as envisaged by the Constitution like resigning, death or incapacity in office. What should happen in a situation where the President, God forbid, is incapacitated, resigns or is impeached by this House?"
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