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"speaker_name": "Uasin Gishu County, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Gladys Boss",
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"content": "the House that he has contravened his Oath of Allegiance. When he took his Oath of Allegiance, he said, “… in full realisation of the high calling I assume as Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, I swear and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Republic of Kenya…”. The Oath of Allegiance does not mention murima . It does not mention Mt Kenya. He bears allegiance to the Republic of Kenya, not to his wife and his sons. He has gone against his Oath of Allegiance. I also want to go on to refer to the press conference the Deputy President held in Mombasa on 25th June 2024. In that press conference, he distanced himself from the Finance Bill of 2024. As a member of Cabinet, in his position as Deputy President, he is collectively responsible for all the decisions made in the Cabinet. Therefore, in distancing himself, he violated Article 154 of the Constitution. As we know, the Finance Bill is the overarching legislative document that underpins revenue raising measures for the Executive to achieve its programmes. The Deputy President ought to have held his peace and tongue or resigned as a member of the Cabinet if he did not agree with the decision of the Cabinet on the Finance Bill. There are no two ways about it. Furthermore, by the mere fact of holding a presser at a time when the country was in crisis and when the President had addressed the nation, he went on to have his own one-man show of a presser. That is the greatest definition of gross misconduct. It is pure insubordination. No one can do that. It is unthinkable for a principal assistant to contradict the principal. If you want to contradict the principal, you resign your position and go and contradict them from outside. Thirdly, the Deputy President also distanced himself from the activities of the Nairobi Rivers Commission. He claims that the activities were undertaken contrary to the law. Again, the Cabinet endorsed the work of the commission. The government followed laid down laws regarding eviction and resettlement of the public. The Deputy President knows this has been a crisis in this country and a contravention of laws by people living on riparian zones. Actually, people died this year. In order to prevent further deaths in future, the Cabinet in its wisdom decided to relocate the members of the public. He again failed to take collective responsibility with the Cabinet. He did not resign but went on to countermand the decisions that had been made in the Cabinet. Furthermore, he has taken an Oath of Secrecy and therefore cannot publicly divulge what was decided in the Cabinet. Again, on that he has contravened the law. Four, during the press conference in Mombasa on 25th June 2024, the Deputy President accused the Director-General of NIS of providing faulty intelligence and firing some senior officers. As a State officer and, most importantly, a member of the National Security Council under Article 240(2)(b), he cannot discuss intelligence briefs that come to his knowledge during the proceedings of the National Security Council. With that, he has gone against the Official Secrets Act and his Oath of Secrecy. If he had any reservations, he has opportunity, as a member of the National Security Council, to raise them at the National Security Council proceedings and to raise them with the President in person. He cannot appear as an ordinary citizen who is in the Opposition and speak about the reservations in public. That is wrong. In fact, it is juvenile. It reveals him as a person who is unhinged and cannot control his tongue. Five, during the rally in Githurai, Nairobi, which was presided over by the Deputy President, with some Members of Parliament present, he was involved in leading chants that said, “Ruto must go. Ruto is a one-term President”. He never denounced those statements. What that amounts to is that he is guilty of treason and other allied offences. That is section 40(1)(a)(i) of the Penal Code, and I will read it out so that there is no doubt. It says that: “(1) Any person who, owing allegiance to the Republic, in Kenya or elsewhere – (a) compasses, imagines, invents, devises or intends - The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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