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    "id": 1488983,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1488983/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
        "slug": "aaron-cheruiyot"
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    "content": "(3) Gross violation of Articles 6 (2), 10 (2)(a), 174, 186 (1), 189 (1) and the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution by undermining devolution; (4) Gross violation of Article 160 (1) of the Constitution on the Institutional and Decisional Independence of Judges; (5) Gross violation of Articles 3 (1) and 148 (5)(a) of the Constitution on the fidelity to the Oath of Office and Allegiance; (6) Serious reasons to believe that H. E. the Deputy President has committed crimes under Sections 13 (1)(a) and 62 of the National Cohesion and Integration Act; (7) Serious reasons to believe that H. E. the Deputy President has committed gross economic crimes under Sections 45 (1), 46, 47A (3) and 48(1) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and Sections 2, 3, 4 and 7 of Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act; (8) Serious reasons to believe that H. E. the Deputy President has committed crimes by continuously misleading members of the public through false, malicious, divisive, and inciteful remarks that are contrary to the provisions of Section 132 of the Penal Code and Section 29 of the Leadership and Integrity Act; (9) Gross misconduct that is incompatible with the high calling and dignified status of the office of the Deputy President and a member of the Cabinet and the National Security Council. H. E. the Deputy President has publicly attacked and undermined the work of the National Security Intelligence Service and its Officers; (10) Gross misconduct by openly or publicly insubordinating the President, who is the Head of State and Government; and (11) Gross misconduct by persistently bullying State and public officers. Mr. Speaker, this is a very difficult exercise that the House of the Senate is being called to undertake. It is the first time in the history of this country that this is happening. To the best of my recollection, under the old Constitution, pre-2010, such an elaborate process was not available. I do not remember this kind of an exercise where the Senate is being invited to agree to charges initiated by the sister House and confirm them after listening to both parties that appeared before us in the National Assembly versus His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua, the last two days. Mr. Speaker, I do this with a heavy heart because His Excellency the Deputy President is somebody that is well known to me. I consider him more than a colleague in the leadership of this country and even more than a normal acquaintance in social circles."
}