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    "id": 1482342,
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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onesmus Ngogoyo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to oppose the Motion by Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, Member for Kibwezi West. I represent the people for Kajiado North. I have gone through the Motion and the issues that Wakili Mwengi Mutuse has raised. I will pick a number of issues that I want to draw the attention of this House to. Firstly, Hon. Mwengi Mutuse said that all we need to do is just believe the things he tabled here are true. We cannot believe what he says is true. We have to cross-examine and look at them properly. I have gone through the evidence that he has provided on some of the issues. According to Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, having 21 companies is an intention for the Deputy President to launder money. Therefore, he should be impeached. He did not say money has been laundered, but it is an intention. He said it is enough for this House to just believe, and then impeach the Deputy President. I say no to that impeachment. Secondly, Hon. Mwengi Mutuse, former Chief of Staff in Machakos County Government and the current Member of Parliament, presented hearsay. He said, in his submission, that there were officers who were coerced to write and change documents in the Ministry of Lands, Transport and Public Works without tabling any evidence from the documents that he has provided. This House cannot support hearsay. It is not possible for you to make a decision out of hearsay. In his accusations, he said that the Deputy President is a person from Mt. Kenya. He makes decisions based on Mt. Kenya. I am the Member for Kajiado North. He visited my constituency for a development tour. The Executive, through the State Department for Basic Education, constructed classes, courtesy of his visit in Enoomatasiani Girls’ Secondary School which rescues girls, specifically from Maasai land. This is the only girls’ school that we have in the great Kajiado North Constituency. Hon. Mwengi Mutuse did not mention such issues. According to him, the Deputy President coerced people and did other things. He said that we only need to believe that. Impeaching the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya needs more evidence than what he has provided. I find this to be very shallow. In the words of the Chief Justice, this is hot air. Hon. Speaker, I have heard very respectful submissions from majority of the lawyers in this House."
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