Tuesday, October 15, 2024 – A section of Mt. Kenya MPs are now
regretting impeaching Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
This is after they were duped to believe that
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki would inherit Gachagua once he is
impeached; something they now see may not be the case.
According to Imenti Central MP Moses Kirima,
Meru MPs voted yes to impeach Gachagua in the hope that Kindiki would take
over, but now other regions have also fronted their candidates for the same
seat.
He noted that if he knew that Kindiki would
not be an automatic DP, he would not have voted yes to impeach Gachagua.
The legislator elected under the United
Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket noted that since the impeachment motion was
tabled in Parliament, many communities are lobbying to have one of their own
appointed to the second-in-command seat.
“We hoped Kindiki was going to be
appointed as DP but from the time we passed that impeachment, things are not as
they were,” he stated highlighting the recent turn of political events as a
riddle waiting to be unraveled.
The legislator further expressed his worries
about the endless lobbying going on from various sectors of society rooting for
their kinsmen to succeed Gachagua should the Senate uphold the deputy
president’s impeachment.
“Communities are lobbying to have their own as
number two. I am concerned because we are now hearing of someone like Irungu
Kang’ata. They are even calling us, lobbying us to support them,” he confessed.
Among those fronted are National Assembly
Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wa, Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru, Homa
Bay Governor Gladys Wanga, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and Kiharu
Ndindi Nyoro.
The Kenyan DAILY POST