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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we also have other cases. I am aware of the strained relationship between the Governor of Kisumu and his deputy to the extent that the deputy even participated in the prosecution of a petition against her governor in one of the committees in this House. We saw it happen in Murang’a and we have seen it in many other places. However, there are also places where the governors and their deputies work in extreme harmony. The constitutional and democratic philosophy in a presidential system of having a running mate is not to define relationships in the law because a governor and a deputy governor are a package, just like the President and his Deputy are a package whether they come from the same party or different parties. I am aware that the current President and his Deputy are from different parties but they have formed a coalition on the relationship and structure of how they run the Government. This is found in their coalition arrangement, agreements, memoranda and structures. The Constitution has a philosophy of assumption that the President and his Deputy come to office as a package. As a package, they remain the same until either one of them dies, resigns, is impeached or their term ends. They could go to the next elections again either as a pair or as competitors or the President may choose to drop his deputy and pick another running mate. This philosophy is predicated on the constitutional arrangement of not creating two centres of power in the country. That is why in Article 47 of the Constitution, the functions of the Deputy President are very terse and deliberate. The most important function of the Deputy President is outlined in Article 147(1) of the Constitution which states that:- “The Deputy President shall be the principal assistant of the President and shall deputise for the President in the execution of the President’s functions.” We even needed not to have had Article 147(2), 147(3) and 147(4). That is all- encompassing, self-explanatory and conclusive. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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