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    "content": "Following the defeat of a Motion for the establishment of a special committee pursuant to Article 145(3B) of the Constitution, the Speaker gave directions that the hearing of the proposed removal from office, by impeachment, of the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya would be held in plenary on Wednesday, 16th October and Thursday, 17th October, 2024. Mr. Speaker, Sir, remember, you gave further clarifications that should there be a need to extend beyond the two days after realisation of the bundle of documents that we have to interact with, you will give further guidance. Therefore, we await your guidance. This will be an extremely busy week. Consequently, a Procedural Motion for the alteration of the Calendar and the meeting dates and times for Wednesday, 16th October, and Thursday, 17th October has been listed on the Order Paper at Order No.8. You are about to consider to allow for the hearing to be taken within the stipulated times. Out of abundance of caution and how the Motion is drafted, we will not leave this Chamber until we conclude the business listed on that particular day. Those who have been here long enough know that there is nothing unusual in an impeachment process. A times we have left here as late as 3.00 a.m. That is why we are providing the Procedural Motion in the way and format that it did. This is so that we do not run into the kind of challenges faced the last time we had an impeachment Motion. It will be an extremely busy four days. It will be the first time in history for Senate to consider two impeachments in a week. It will be a very consequential week for the Senate, the people of Kericho and the Republic of Kenya. I earlier mentioned that you be cautious even in your weekend and it appeared like a joke. I want to reiterate for my colleagues because there is a lot before us and you never know what might happen."
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