Tuesday, October 15, 2024 – Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has surrendered
his fate to the Martha Koome-led Judiciary ahead of his impeachment trial in the
Senate.
This follows reports that the Senate is determined to oust Gachagua and will stop at nothing to ensure his impeachment.
One of Rigathi Gachagua’s
lawyers, Tom Macharia, accused the Senate of attempting a “microwave
impeachment” to remove the deputy president from office.
Macharia argued that the impeachment attempt is unfolding despite Gachagua’s multiple legal efforts to block the process in the Senate.
“They are looking for a
microwave impeachment, the Senate is creating its own timeline,” Macharia
told the court.
While urging Justice Chacha
Mwita to issue conservatory orders to stop the Senate’s debate on the
impeachment motion against Gachagua, Macharia argued that if Gachagua is
impeached, he will be permanently barred from holding any public servant
position in the country.
He added that Gachagua cannot
even return to being a District Officer once impeached.
“My client cannot go back
to being a DO,” Macharia argued.
As a result, he begged Justice
Mwita to issue conservatory orders before the Senate debates the impeachment
motion against Gachagua.
Justice Mwita is set to issue a
ruling tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., a day before the Senate begins its hearing on the
impeachment motion against the deputy president.
The Kenyan DAILY POST