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    "id": 1482263,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1482263/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugenya, MDG",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Ochieng’",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Article 132 of the Constitution of Kenya provides that the President will, every year, give a report to this House on the steps taken to implement Article 10. Article 10 is the ‘soul’ of the nation. Article 10 is what the engineers would call the software of the country. It is what the doctors would call the heartbeat of this country. Through Article 10, this country gave to itself how they want to be governed. It provides us with a map of where we want to go. In the last two-and-a-half years, we have listened to and been treated to the Deputy President piercing with a sharp knife through the heart of our nation. When we went to give ourselves a new Constitution, we said tribalism, nepotism and corruption are our ills. We said that we would entrench Article 10 and ensure that going forward, we live together in unity. For the last two years, Hon. Gachagua has not only put a knife on the back of our values and shared principles, but he has kept on turning that knife to the level where if we allow him to continue to be the Deputy President, we are going to risk the loss of the heart of this country. The Mover of this Motion, Hon. Mutuse, read what appears in Article 10. There is nothing to say about a person who believes that this country should only belong to one region. It has to be clear today that we are not impeaching Mount Kenya. We are not impeaching the Kikuyu. We are impeaching an individual who has refused to follow the law every single day of his life. Hon. Gachagua is the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya and not the Deputy President of Mount Kenya. He is the Deputy President of Kenya Kwanza, not Mlima Kwanza. It has to be said today that if we are to build and run a country that has shared values, principles and prosperity, all of us must believe that our leaders will live within the four corners of the law. It is true, and it has been said by Kenyans; that, we are all tribal. Of course, we all come from different tribes. We also have our tribal sentiments. We all have our feelings about what should happen to our tribes. It has even been said that kufa dereva, kufa makanga . It has also been said that all of us sitting here today have some tribal things in our closets. That is true. Hon. Speaker, you are a seasoned lawyer. When you are charged in court with others not before the court, they say Rigathi Gachagua and others not before court. The case that we dealing with today is that of Riggy G, and not that of others not here today. The case we are dealing with today is that of the makanga, and not that of the dereva and the passengers. 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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