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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, and distinguished Senators, we submit that is where the Mover of this Motion ought to start having problems with this House, when he is called upon to account. It is the submission of His Excellency, Rigathi Gachagua that the Motion before you has fallen short of the threshold set by law by multiple miles. When you examine the material before you, you will discover that it will oscillate between the following categories of stages. One, you will have material before you that is plainly false. Then from falsehood, it will go to the ridiculous ones. I will demonstrate that shortly. There will be ridiculous claims here. Then finally, it will end up into embarrassing claims. Allow me in the few minutes I have, to do a snip preview of some of these claims so that we have an overview of the case that is before you. At paragraph 74(b) of the first volume, which is the Impeachment Motion, you will find an allegation that His Excellency, Rigathi Gachagua, has influenced his family members, allies, associates and proxies to take control of a local corporate society in Mathira, which they are financially haemorrhaging. Number one, no name of any family member is supplied in the allegation or in any of the evidentiary documents before you. No name of any ally is supplied in the Motion or in any of the documents before you. No name of any associate is supplied even a false name; none is supplied in the Motion and in the documents before you. No name of any proxy is supplied in the Motion or in any of the documents before you. The name of the alleged Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCO) is not identified. Mr. Speaker, Sir, and distinguished Senators, you can imagine being called to defend yourself on a claim that you have taken over, through your associates, a SACCO that we do know; so now come and defend yourself. I began by saying some of these claims are either ridiculous or embarrassing. Secondly, at paragraph 74 (A) you will be told that His Excellency has connived with cartels in the tea sector to block the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) from implementing guaranteed minimum returns that would benefit tea farmers. No statement, affidavit or correspondence from any official of the KTDA is before you. No complaint to any agency, no complaint to this Parliament by any official of the KTDA is before you. It is just a claim, which the Mover of this Motion said before the National Assembly. Surprisingly, for those of us who have some residual faith in our institution, he told the National Assembly just believe my word for what it is. When we thought that that was a joke, we got a joke lifted a notch higher. The National Assembly actually just believed his word for what it is. No evidence. Nothing in the five affidavits before you address anything about the KTDA. Let us progress, good people. Paragraph 72 of the Motion before you states that His Excellency has persistently undermined, demeaned and committed insubordination instead of assisting the President. Let us face it, if you accuse somebody of insubordination, the only person who can complain of being insubordinated is the supervisor. No statement or affidavit from the President or witness summons to the President has been sought here to call him to complain that he has been insubordinated. 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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