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"content": "My colleagues who have spoken before me have taken us through the provisions of Article 150 (1)(b) which then speaks to the very grounds that this House should consider, whether to impeach His Excellency, the Deputy President, or not. I would not want to go into those grounds, because the record before this House contains material in support of those grounds. I would urge Mr. Speaker, Sir, that now that His Excellency the Deputy President, has had occasions to present material before this House that this House could consider in response to the Motion for impeachment, when you retire to debate, to deliberate, we urge that you take into consideration the entirety of that material. We also ask that you take time to look at what the Mover of the Motion presented before this House, as well as all the witnesses, including what came from public participation, that would give us an opportunity to, in a very objective way, reflect on what and how to deal with the questions that have been presented. I need not go into the specifics of each of the charges. If I were to give examples when we have a leader occupying the high office of the Deputy President of this country - somebody who is required by the Constitution to take an oath confirming or affirming to Kenyans that they will not divulge whatever comes out of secrecy, out of confidential conversations that come to their knowledge by virtue of the office that they occupy - if that person then defies that bond or that commitment that they have had with Kenyans, it is a gross violation. Similarly, when we have somebody occupying the space of the high calling of the office of the Deputy President, admitting issues that would amount to conflict of interest between his personal interest, his family interest and which have financial implications, again, our laws then dictate that those are reasons that would be sufficient to impeach such a Deputy President. We have had examples that have been given about utterances that have been considered to be unpalatable. Again, looking at the entire framework of what our Constitution anticipates, looking at what those words would mean to a man off the streets of Nairobi, off the streets of Mombasa, or any other place, if we all come to the understanding that those words taken in their natural meaning could cause some measure of discomfort, that they are considered to be divisive, they are considered to be of such a nature as to bring or sow seeds of discord between us, as people in this country, then it is the responsibility of this House to speak, and to speak on behalf of the people of Kenya. It is one way of ensuring that the checks and balances that flow from the constitutional powers vested in this House. As it has been demonstrated through the many tonnes of documents that have been availed before this House, the cross-examination that has attended to the witnesses that have been before this House, and the material that has been placed by the Mover, by all the parties who have had an opportunity to participate in the proceedings of this House, we have absolutely no doubt that this House is perfectly capable of making the appropriate decision in each and every of those counts. Just for emphasis, Article 150 (1)(b) gives us three grounds. We do not have to have beyond one. Any one of those is more than sufficient to make the call or to pull the trigger on an Impeachment Motion. 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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