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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "“Cabinet. (1) The Cabinet consists of - (a) the President; (b) the Deputy President; (c) the Attorney-General. (d) Not fewer than fourteen and not more than twenty-two Cabinet Secretaries.” Hon. Speaker, the importance of this is to show that the person I am pleading with this House to impeach is assigned to assist the President and is a member of the Cabinet. I will be brief because we are under a time constraint but what we are demonstrating is that the Deputy President sits in the Cabinet where decisions are made. Cabinet Memos come before the Cabinet, and are discussed. Later, the Deputy President moves out of the Cabinet to contradict those decisions. In proving this, I rely on the affidavit of Ms. Mercy Wanjau, the Secretary to the Cabinet. The affidavit is attached in my bundle of documents on Pages 77 to 79. She states in oath that: The Cabinet decided to rejuvenate Nairobi River. This is because the law requires that settlements be 30 metres away from a river. When that decision was made, the Deputy President was among the people who sat in the Cabinet. He is the Chairman of the Cabinet sub-committees. Therefore, I believe he chairs the sub-committee that made that decision. However, for political expedience, immediately after the decision was made, he went to the public to oppose the decision. That is inconsistent with the principle of collective responsibility and the requirement that once a decision is made, you need to live by it. During his televised interview yesterday, the Deputy President said that he is the most compassionate person. Further, he said that he cares so much about the poor. Hon. Members, this morning, I ask the following…"
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