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    "content": "That video is in addition to the affidavit of Ms. Mercy Wanjau, which is on record. It depicts the Deputy President contradicting a Cabinet decision. He sat in Cabinet while the decision was being made. Hon. Speaker, because of time, I will proceed to Ground Three. The Deputy President has breached Articles 6(2), 10(2) (a), 174, 186 (1) and 189 of the Constitution. These Articles relate to the functions of the county governments and the co-operation framework between the national Government and county governments. To prove this, we are relying on the affidavit of His Excellency, Hon. Johnson Sakaja, the Governor of Nairobi City County. In our bundle of documents, it is contained on Pages 80 to 84 of my Motion. Later, we will also rely on the oral testimony by Governor Sakaja. The work of regulating markets is an exclusive function of county governments. The Nairobi City County Government is independent, as well as inter- dependent on the national Government. Where a function of a county government is independent of the other arm of Government, the national Government has no mandate at all to interfere in the execution of that function. As Members are aware, in the affidavit of Hon. Sakaja, he states on oath that the Nairobi City County Government decided to relocate traders from the Central Business District (CBD). Further, the Deputy President, recklessly and without regard to the high office that he holds, went to incite people to disobey lawful decisions of the Nairobi City County Government and hence, undermining devolution. We invite Members to find that the Deputy President breached and violated the Constitution by undermining devolution and interfering with the running of the Nairobi City County Government. Hon. Speaker, allow me to move to Ground Four. This is about intimidation and vilification of judges, contrary to Article 160 of the Constitution, which speaks to the independence of the Judiciary. In our bundle of documents on Pages 145 to 163, we have attached the decision of Lady Justice Esther Maina. In the decision, she found that Ksh200 million assets of His Excellency, Rigathi Gachagua, were proceeds of crime and directed that the same be forfeited to the State. Later, the Deputy President intimidated her. In a public statement, he accused her of corruption. Further, he said that he would file a petition for her removal solely because she found him culpable of economic crimes."
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