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    "id": 1482707,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay Town, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Kaluma",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I thank you in a very special way. I have the benefit of speaking after listening to both the Mover of the Motion and the Deputy President, who is the subject matter of this Motion. So, I can look at it from all perspectives. Allow me to start by saying that I listened to the Deputy President, as I did to Hon. Mutuse, with the mind of a lawyer, looking at how the grounds for impeachment and their particulars have been addressed by the two respective parties. Let me begin by saying that I do not know what happened, but Hon. Mutuse presented a Motion before this Assembly seeking to impeach the Deputy President on up to 11 grounds. Hon. Speaker, I do not know whether it is by act of omission or commission, or just the nature of some people. The Deputy President focused on matters concerning property, money, integrity, procurement, forgetting the most fundamental issues. I want to say that even when he addressed those money issues, there are very pertinent gaps going to constitutional violations which are stated in the Motion to be gross. For instance, I expected the Deputy President to use the opportunity you accorded him to explain that SMS which came from his son, Ikinu Gachagua, on the bid bond issue involving that company. There was no mention of that at all. Before I go to the matters I want to address in substance, let me thank you, Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly, for ensuring that the process this House is going through is very fair, and also for upholding and protecting the provisions of Article 47 of the Constitution. I hear people still saying that the courts will intervene, but I am thanking you for this because the only time the courts intervene is if we have not secured a party procedural fairness. This Motion was advertised across the country for the participation of Kenyans. Allow me to reiterate this short data in one minute. A total of 146,429 Kenyans said that the Deputy President should be impeached. That constitutes 65.11 per cent of those Kenyans. A total of 76,026 Kenyans said the Deputy President should not be impeached. That is 33.8 per cent of those Kenyans. A total of 2,452 Kenyans said, kufa makanga, kufa dereva, and those are the others. 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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