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    "id": 993610,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "of this Motion. I have the highest respect for the institutions, for the President and for all my colleagues. Today, I stand here paraded before the whole nation, accused of misdeeds whose particulars have never been brought to my attention until now, despite me consistently asking for them. There can only be two reasons for this; the first is that the trumped up charges against me are baseless and my case is a fait accompli and, therefore, I must be removed from office by all means whatsoever, even by unconstitutional means. Mr. Speaker, Sir, how I wish that this Sitting, with the haste at which it has been convened, was meant to discuss the plight of the millions of our people across the country who are living in dire need and abject poverty. I bow in shame to know that we are here today for an illicit triviality, powered by petty divisions and vindictive politics as the country hurts from the lethal combination of a near collapsed economy, a ravaging pandemic, floods and a rare invasion of desert locusts not seen in this country for decades. I am ashamed that we are here discussing party politics at a time when our motherland desperately needs the solidarity of every single Kenyan, even the weakest. At a time when our country needs reconciliation and not hate and pettiness. It does not bother me at all that the die is cast against me. What bothers me is that the Constitution of our country is once more being indecently assaulted in full glare. A handful of rogue fellow citizens have made it their orgy of pleasure to humiliate freedom and truth with reckless abound, with little patience for procedural details of our Constitution, which would have given our country some semblance of honor; even fake cosmetic or hypocritical honor. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the right to be heard and to be tried fairly in a judicial, quasi- judicial or administrative process of any nature where a decision is being made, would help to cloth even a horribly evil process such as this one, with some form of legitimacy. Give a man a chance to defend himself even if the defence is regarded inconsequential and an outcome has been predetermined. My faith in God instilled in me early in life has helped me to navigate even the deadliest of the storms of life with minimum injury or even none. Also, my more than one decade in academia helped me built moral resilience adequate to withstand the temptation of living an unprincipled life. To resist the urge to pursue vanity, it taught me never to sell my beliefs for expediency. His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta, whom I am accused today of having disrespected, should know that I have always and will forever respect him. I hold him in the highest esteem and veneration as the leader of our country and the symbol of the unity of our nation. I have faith in him as the leader of our party and will support him loyally to the end of his administration as a matter of duty and choice. I wish him and his administration all the best for the remainder of his term. I believe beyond peradventure that the President of our country is not linked in any way whatsoever to this or with this injustice. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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