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    "id": 1482450,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1482450/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera North, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Major (Rtd) Abdullahi Sheikh",
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    "content": ". However, the same Mlima have elected leaders who are in this House and represent the people of Mt. Kenya. His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua is not the sole representative of Mt. Kenya. They have Members of Parliament, Women Representatives, Senators, and Governors. He is supposed to represent every part of this country. Unfortunately, he does not understand that bit. Sometimes in July, in a well-attended press conference in Mombasa, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua attacked the Constitutional Offices of the National Intelligence Services and especially the Director-General in bad faith. The Deputy President is a Member of the National Security Advisory Council (NSAC) and sits in the Council. If there were issues with individuals running those institutions, the best place would have been the Council. Instead of addressing matters in a perfect and constitutional manner, he called for a presser and tainted the images of such critical offices, which was unfortunate. Hon. Speaker, last night, I listened to his presser. One thing that perturbed me was that he said he got all his wealth from his late brother. Does he not have his own wealth to tell the people? How come he is the one who gets more shares than the late brother's widows and children? In 1997, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua was a District Officer. However, he was sacked for stealing relief food meant for vulnerable people. And therefore, we cannot continue to entrust him with the Office of the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. We call upon this House to make history for the first time under the New Constitution by voting to say that he is not fit to hold the Office of the Deputy President. He should work in harmony with the President, but this is not the case. Sometimes, the President goes out of the country."
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