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    "speaker_name": "North Imenti, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rahim Dawood",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I oppose this Motion. The Mover of this Motion, Hon. Wamboka, has said very passionately and emotionally that he for the farmers. Everybody in this House supports farmers too. He should lay the blame where it falls and not at the feet of the Hon. Cabinet Secretary. Page 530 of our Order Paper, 2(a) says, serious reasons for believing that the Cabinet Secretary has committed a crime under national law. In 2(b), it says, criminal proceedings in relation to six pending civil, commercial and family suits. What has his family or civil suits got to do with the impeachment? I was in the Committee on Appointments with Hon. Opiyo Wandayi, the Minority Whip, the Leader of the Majority Party, Deputy Leader of the Majority Party and others, where we vetted the Cabinet Secretary. He admitted to having those cases. Hon. Speaker, those cases are in a court of law. He is now bringing up other things which are not related to fertiliser in his pleadings which I think is completely wrong. On the same page, 1(e) says that the Cabinet Secretary provided wrong information. Capital Africa was given a contract which was signed by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in 2022, when Hon. Mithika Linturi was not even the Cabinet Secretary. Is he apportioning blame for what was done in March 2022 to Hon. Cabinet Secretary, Linturi? I think Hon. Wamboka and some of the Hon. Members here have got a vendetta against the Cabinet Secretary because he handles more than 100 Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) under his Ministry. Therefore, he should not be seen to be supervising each one of them. We are now saying that we want Cabinet Secretary to take the flick. Our Leader of the Minority Party has said that there was sabotage. Yes, there was sabotage of the Cabinet Secretary because there are bags which were found. Why have we not talked about the MEMES AGRO Solution Limited Distributors? Who are its owners? Hon. Speaker, the majority owner is Mr. Collins Ngetich who had a civil case with Cabinet Secretary, Hon. Mithika Linturi, regarding Atticon Ltd. He is on his opposite side. Definitely, Mems Distributors Ltd are the ones culpable of adding bad things in the fertiliser bags of Kel Chemicals Ltd. Hon. Wamboka has said the Cabinet Secretary tried to call Kel Chemicals Ltd Director, Mr. Kumar, for more than 20 times. I can call Leader of the Majority Party or even you, Hon. Speaker, and you fail to pick it. Sometimes I call my friend here, Hon. Ronald Karauri, for more than 20 times but he does not pick my calls. What does it mean? If I talk to him, do they have records of what I tell him? You cannot say you called somebody 20 times, when you do not know what the conversation was about. It is a matter of conjecture that Hon. Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi called the Director of Kel Chemicals Ltd. They said more bags were supplied. Mems Distributors Ltd should tell us what happened to them. This Motion is not going anywhere. We support Cabinet Secretary because he is not culpable. Let the people who are culpable be taken to court. Let the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock finish its job. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I oppose the Motion."
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