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    "id": 1485563,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Elisha Ongoya",
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    "content": "You will be told in Paragraph 45(h), that His Excellency has acquired a dairy farm in Nyandarua County. Now, I guess we all have a common understanding what a dairy farm is. His Excellency has no dairy farm in Nyandarua County. The Mover of this Motion does not give us any evidence of this dairy farm. You will be told that His Excellency has used the office of the Deputy President to corruptly influence unnecessary and expensive renovation of his official residence in Karen and Mombasa. What will shock you good people is this the contract for the renovation of the official residence of the Deputy President which was signed by the Controller of State House. Unless the Mover of this Motion wants to make a claim that the Deputy President conspired with the State House to have this contract executed. Secondly, it will be known to all of us as Members of Parliament that the money for renovation of this official residence was approved by the National Assembly. Is the National Assembly conceding that it approved money for unnecessary expenditure by Government? How can the National Assembly approve money for renovation of the residence of the Deputy President and then after that money is used for the intended purpose - the renovation of the official residence of the Deputy President - now drag the Deputy President for impeachment for the reason of that renovation? I said it will move through the ridiculous to the embarrassing. You will be told that the Deputy President has a helicopter landing facility at his land in Ruguru-Kiamariga 1223 in Mathira. The Deputy President simply has no helicopter landing pad on that farm, a small parcel of land with Napier grass. Unless the Mover of this Motion can now convince us that new technology has emerged, that Napier grass is the constructing material for landing pads for aircrafts. That is the only way it can make sense. Since it does not make sense, good people, you will agree with me, it moves from the false through the ridiculous to the embarrassing. Now let us deal with it. You will be told the Deputy President has amassed a wealth portfolio amounting to Kshs5.2 billion. Elementarily, we must then look at the particularization. Tell us which one is what plus which one to amount to this Kshs5.2 billion. This figure, the origin, is only known to the Mover of this Motion. There is nothing on the body of the Motion. There is nothing in the documents attached to the Motion. There is nothing in the video clips to be played by the Mover of this Motion that tells us mathematically how he arrived at this figure of Kshs5.2 billion. Then when the charges were read, distinguished Senators, you heard some 22 companies being read one by one. Twenty-two companies! A number of things will surprise you. You will just find a company listed called Spirit Way Limited; nothing in this Motion tells us what wrong has this company done; nothing in the Motion, completely. It is just listed that way it is. Fortisviz Group Limited. nothing in this Motion tells us what wrong has Fortisviz Group Limited done. They are just companies whose names have been listed and we have spent the taxpayers’ money this afternoon listening to these companies’ names being written with nothing in this Motion telling giving us evidence of wrongdoing. 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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