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    "id": 1486031,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1486031/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwengi Mutuse",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13665,
        "legal_name": "Eckomas Mwengi Mutuse",
        "slug": "eckomas-mwengi-mutuse"
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    "content": "We are complaining that the Deputy President has on numerous occasions violated Article 147(1) as read together with Article 152(1) of the Constitution of Kenya. In particular, Article 147(1) provides that the Deputy President shall be the principal assistant of the President and shall deputize the President in the execution of the President's functions, while Article 152 (1) of the Constitution states that the Deputy President is a member of the Cabinet. In particular, through Cabinet Communique, as you are aware, after every Cabinet meeting, there is normally a press release that is released. We were aware of a decision of the Cabinet of 30th April, 2024, where it passed a resolution to evacuate members of the public for their own safety from the 30-metre riparian zone of the Nairobi River. When that decision was made, insofar as I understand processing of business in the Cabinet, the Deputy President sat in Cabinet. He is one who chairs Cabinet sub- committees, which process business before going to Cabinet. Therefore, to my own understanding, he was fully involved in the making of that decision. However---"
}