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    "id": 1480700,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Makali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity that you have granted me to also weigh in on this Motion. We are facing a constitutional moment where our Constitution is being tested. At the outset, let me state that I have nothing against the Deputy President or where he comes from. The Deputy President is not an ordinary person. He is the second in command in our nation. Before he assumed Office, Article 74 of the Constitution required him to take an Oath of Office. I have looked at the Oath of Office of the Deputy President. It requires him to be faithful to the Republic, and to give counsel and advice to the President without fear or favour. Equally, the Deputy President is a ranking State officer. Article 75 of the Constitution requires that as a State officer, he needs to bring honour and dignity to the office that he holds. Looking at the grounds for impeachment that have been availed, I want to state categorically that the Deputy President has violated the Constitution and his Oath of Office. Why do I say that? One, the Constitution of Kenya, which the people of Kenya gave to themselves, requires that Kenya is a unitary State, regardless of the regions it has. Equally, Article 10 of the Constitution puts national unity and patriotism as key components of our national values in the discharge of our duties. On several occasions when the Deputy President – as the truthful man that he says he is – attended church services in Bungoma, we mentioned to him that we had several problems which needed to be handled, specifically road programmes and employment opportunities. The Deputy President – as the truthful man that he is – told us to our faces that according to the votes that we cast, whatever we had received was enough and we had no grounds to keep on asking for more projects. That is the Deputy President who is supposed to be the principal assistant to the President, and who is supposed to portray national unity. Equally, the Deputy President clearly said yesterday that the Kenya Kwanza Government is a government of shareholders. He said that the Government was formed because of shareholding agreements. Once you become a Deputy President, you are the face of national unity. He cannot keep invoking the promises and agreements which were made prior to the Government being formed. What happens to those areas which are not part and parcel of those particular agreements that are alleged to have been made? 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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