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    "id": 1482625,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Rigathi Gachagua",
    "speaker_title": "His Excellency the Deputy President",
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    "content": "As I wind up, I want to appeal to this honourable House to consider the allegations against me by the Mover of the Motion and weigh them against the attached evidence in my defence, and the videos that I have played in this House. Exercise your minds and your discretion. Search your conscience and decide whether Rigathi Gachagua is guilty of any of these allegations, or if he is undergoing a political process. If you are so persuaded and you search your conscience without any intimidation, coercion or inducement, and you think that it is the right thing to do, please, go ahead and do so. If you search your conscience and listen to the issues that have been adduced here and you find that there are no grounds to impeach the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, please, make the right decision. Many Members who are in this House remember what President William Ruto went through as the Deputy President. Most of us stood with him. Rigathi Gachagua underwent four years of persecution. Others were persecuted, but we took a firm stand because we believed that we were doing the right thing. His family and friends underwent humiliation. He was a haunted man. On Inauguration Day, he pronounced that freedom was here. Again, under the new administration, the same Rigathi Gachagua, who underwent humiliation and persecution, finds himself in the same space under the administration that he fought for. Reflect, apply your conscience and make the right decision. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for granting me this opportunity. My address last night was not in any way meant to disrespect the House. Despite you having ruled that the matter should not be taken out of the House, it was being discussed on every television station and in every meeting across Kenya. Kenyans did not have a chance to also hear my side of the story. So, I decided that since the accusations against me were being discussed everywhere in the country, the people of Kenya and, more so, those who voted for me and President William Ruto, deserved to hear my side of the story. I have tremendous respect for the National Assembly and your ability and capacity to make the right decision."
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