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    "content": "Article 147(1) of the Constitution provides that the Deputy President; “shall be the principal assistant of the President and shall deputize for the President in the execution of the President’s functions.” In addition, Article 152(1) the Constitution states that the Deputy President is a member of the Cabinet. On various dates throughout the last two years, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua undermined the President and the Cabinet and the effective discharge of the national government's executive mandate by making unilateral public statements that were inconsistent with policy positions collectively adopted by the Government. To illustrate- (a) On or around 30th April, 2024, the Cabinet passed a resolution for the evacuation of people residing along the Nairobi River. (b) Shortly after that, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua made a public statement opposing the Nairobi River Riparian Evacuation Orders, which the Cabinet had sanctioned for public safety and climate change mitigation. His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua made contradictory public statements despite being a Member of the Cabinet and being assigned the function of superintending the Nairobi River Riparian Evacuation Order. In addition, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua has on several occasions throughout the last two years, made public statements contradicting the President on critical matters of governance and the exercise of the President's function as a symbol of national unity. To Illustrate- a) In March, 2023, at a public forum in the Nyanza region, the President said Kenya belongs to all, notwithstanding how people voted in the 2022 general elections, and that he would ensure the Government does not discriminate against anyone. However, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua, speaking after the President at another public forum, contradicted him by saying that Kenya is a company in which the provision of Government services is based on shares. b) His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua has made numerous other utterances at public forums where he publicly restates the divisive narrative that Kenya is a company in which the rights of citizens are based on shares determined by how various ethnic communities voted in the 2022 general elections. His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua’s unilateral, divisive and inciteful public statements are impeachable offences to the extent that- a) They undermine the effective discharge of the national Government's executive mandate. b) They violate the doctrine of collective responsibility. c) They are equivalent to insubordination of the President, which is incompatible with his constitutional status as the Principal Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kenya. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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