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    "id": 1485488,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Now, hon. Senators, the second preliminary objection raised by the Counsel for the Deputy President was that the following documents, which were submitted by the National Assembly on Monday, 14th October, 2024, were not part of the bundle of documents of the National Assembly that was served on the Deputy President on Wednesday, 9th October, 2024. (a) An affidavit signed by Mr. Peterson Njomo Muchira; and (b) The document of the National Assembly marked as Volume 8(a): responses from various government agencies. Counsel for the Deputy President stated that these documents prejudice the Deputy President's case and amounted to a trial by ambush by the National Assembly. Counsel urged the Senate to bar the introduction of these two documents as they constitute new evidence in terms of Rule 20 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Senate Standing Orders. Counsel for the National Assembly opposed the preliminary objection raised by the Counsel for the Deputy President. Hon. Senators, ladies and gentlemen, Rule 20 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Senate Standing Orders provides, and I quote- “In presenting its evidence, the Assembly shall not introduce any new evidence that was not part of the allegations against the President by the National Assembly, as forwarded by the Speaker of the National Assembly to the Speaker of the Senate.” As I indicated in my earlier Communication, by a letter dated 8th October, 2024, I received a bundle of documents and records of proceedings in the National Assembly in this matter. Thereafter, on 9th October, 2024, pursuant to Rule 6 and 7 of Part 1 of the Second Schedule to the Senate Standing Orders, the Office of the Clerk of the Senate sent invitations to appear to both parties. The parties were required, amongst other things, to specify any other evidence to be relied on in this matter. 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."
}