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    "id": 1488956,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1488956/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Eric Gumbo",
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    "content": "I ask myself, what do impeachment proceedings seek to serve in a democracy? In my reflections, one of the clear conclusions is that it is a check and a balance through which the populace can then hold their leaders accountable. It is an avenue through which the populace can ask their leaders whether they are doing that in keeping with the social contract or the understanding that they had at the point of election or delegating their direct powers to those elected leaders. So, in the context of Kenya, where then do we find impeachment? Our history has taught us very bitter lessons. We remember the events that bedeviled our country after the 2007 elections. It is after those events, that we gave ourselves a new Constitution. In that new Constitution, we found it necessary to, in an unprecedented way, speak about our values, speak about the fabric of our society, the things that pull us together, and the things that we share as a people. So, the preamble to our Constitution, in particular, paragraph 3, reads; “We, the people of Kenya—"
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