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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, this is not about a relationship. It is not about a friendship that has deteriorated. I have been hearing people say, if it is about a relationship or marriage that has broken, why do they not go back and make peace and come together? No. These two individuals, His Excellency the President and the Deputy President, did not come together so that they can live happily ever after and have children. They came together so that they could deliver development to the people of Kenya. It pains me when I hear people saying about adultery and relationships. We have been here because of 11 grounds. It is a very serious Impeachment Motion because of not two or three, but 11 grounds. In my condition, I have had to sit here and go through all the 11 grounds to understand which has been substantiated and holds water. This is not about a relationship. We should not expect that because they came together, they should go and sit somewhere and make peace and stop disturbing us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, 11 grounds of an Impeachment Motion is very serious. It is very unfortunate that of the 11 grounds about four were not even substantiated. It is very shocking to have a team of legal experts sitting down bringing 11 grounds. At the very least, they should have even substantiated nine. In ground two, when you talk about undermining a Cabinet decision, how did we not have the witness come here to speak so that we can understand? Some of us do not sit in Cabinet and we need to understand what a Cabinet decision is and how it is undermined, but the witness was not produced. We had another witness who did not come here to give evidence on undermining Devolution. Governor Sakaja signed an affidavit, but did not appear. People must respect the Senate because when we are sitting here to analyse 11 grounds, honestly in all fairness, they should at least be substantiated to some level. I have lived through the post-election violence of 2007/2008. It is very strange that 2007, I was also pregnant. I remember the things that triggered the post-election violence in January 2008, it was such utterances such as, “ Msiguse Mlima .” They started as a joke and before you knew it, matatus were being stopped and people were being asked to get off the matatu and showcase their IDs. Arms and limbs were being chopped off. We might think this shareholding narrative is a joke. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I remember very well that I had to choose the people who were to operate me in 2008 because I was afraid. As Kisiis, we love everyone. People always think we are traitors because we welcome everyone. At that time, the attack on us was from both sides. Therefore, I do not take this shareholding narrative as a light thing. 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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