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"content": "Assembly, I have reason to believe beyond any doubt in my mind, that they have justified the case they have brought before us. They have been able to ably demonstrate to us and to the country, that there is no other cure by design of our Constitution to the challenges either political, legal or otherwise that are being faced by the workings and the working relationship between the President and his Deputy other than by way of impeachment. The National Assembly has moved this House on 11 charges, blow by blow, with citations and examples in broad daylight. They were showing and mapping each charge, how it has been committed and how it violates either the Constitution or various laws of the Republic of Kenya. Therefore, we are left with very minimal options. I have observed before this House that the Deputy President is personally known to me. I consider him a friend. I have had the opportunity to interact with him, learn a lot from him and sometimes listen to his wise counsel. However, this evening, duty calls and there is very little that we can do. I am afraid that as legislators and as servants of the people, we have to listen to what the people are telling us. We must appreciate that in 2010 when Kenyans went to the polls and brought about change via the new Constitution, it was a call for us to have a better Republic than had been observed previously since 1963. There are various high ideals and demands that have been placed in all of us that are in leadership. I must add quickly that as you rise in stature from a Member of a County Assembly (MCA), to a Member of the National Assembly, Senator, Governor, Deputy President and eventually even as President, that as you ascend in the hierarchy of leadership, the demands by the Constitution are even more. Number one, because you occupy greater public space and you represent more people, when you speak, you say things that can affect either positively or otherwise the lives of millions of citizens. Mr. Speaker, Sir, listening to the case that has been laid before us since yesterday by the lawyers of the National Assembly and reading through the bunch of documents that have been presented to us, attached with evidence, I confirm both to this House and to the country that unfortunately, this country must make the difficult decision of saying goodbye to His Excellency the Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua. This is because the reasons that have been listed have consequences by law of what you do when this happens. The National Assembly has demonstrated before us that on charge one, there are various Articles of the Constitution, either through his utterances or his actions that have led other Kenyans to seriously believe and feel lesser Kenyans, something that we thought we had slayed. We thought that we had worked so hard to build a cohesive society where it did not matter after a political contest of who eventually wins that you would feel comfortable and safe. You would want to do business in any of our 47 counties and feel at home. Unfortunately, listening to the utterances, reading through the response, the pleadings by his lawyers and the admission by his own affidavit, either my good friend 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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