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    "id": 1488951,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and hon. Senators. My name is George Gitonga Murugara, Member of Parliament, National Assembly and the Chairperson of Justice and Legal Affairs. I am here to represent the National Assembly with my colleagues. I will deal with only one point which supports Ground 11 on the impeachment. It is insubordination and failure to act collectively with the other Members of the Cabinet and the Presidency. There was an argument that was raised that some of the alleged misconduct on the part of the Deputy President were actually committed when he was not the Deputy President, and therefore, do not apply to the proceedings before this House. Reference is made to Article 150 (1)(b) of the Constitution, which provides that the ground for impeachment would only be serious consideration of serious reasons to believe that an offence has been committed. There is no time limit that is set. This is because once there are reasons to believe that an offence has been committed, then that stretches back to whatever time that offence would have been committed. This is to say, if in the pendency of the life of the Presidency or the Deputy President, it is discovered that before you assumed office, you committed an offence, that forms a ground for impeachment. This leads me to the next argument, which are the admissions that the Deputy President made before the House. 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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