The impeachment motion against the Deputy President (DP) Rigathi Gachagua is gaining traction with a majority Members of Parliament (MPs) having already appended their signatures to endorse it.
As of Thursday, September 26, evening more than 200 lawmakers had signed the special motion for the removal of DP Gachagua from office by impeachment.
At the same time, some of the MPs have said that the plan could be set rolling in the coming week.
Kimilli MP Didmus Barasa has announced that he will be the one to sponsor the impeachment motion against DP Rigathi Gachagua.
Barasa claims to have surpassed the required 117 MPs needed for the motion to be approved by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetangula.
Didmus Barasa to Sponsor DP Gachagua Impeachment Motion
He stated that he has gathered 242 signatures from lawmakers across the political the political divide and plans to submit them to the Speaker this evening.
“I am the sponsor of the impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. So far, I have received 242 signatures, and an additional six MPs are awaiting their turn to sign,” he told Citizen Digital.
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MPs Speak of DP’s Impeachment
National Assembly Deputy Majority Leader Owen Baya had earlier said they had built a “watertight case”, and that the Deputy President would not even get a second chance, adding that his activities over the weekend went too far.
“Even those who are with him have expressed their willingness to sign the impeachment motion, arguing that once he is out of the office, his powers will be taken away,” the MP said.
Baya added that the impeachment was a bipartisan approach with members from both sides of the aisle supporting it.
Meanwhile, Kapsaret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi alleged that Gachagua was one of the financiers of the Anti-Finance Bill protests that occurred in June.
According to Sudi the plot aimed to oust President William Ruto asserting that the DP should be in jail over these allegations.
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Claims Against Gachagua
Some of the Deputy President’s “crimes” that have rattled MPs include his infamous statement in Kericho County last February regarding shareholding in the Kenya Kwanza government.
He is also accused of engaging in divisive politics by claiming to speak for the Mt. Kenya region at the expense of other regions, breaching the Official Secrets Act, and undermining the collective responsibility of the Cabinet.
Others include failing to honor his office by publicly distancing himself from the Cabinet’s decision on the controversial Finance Bill 2024.
At the time, he stated that he was listening to the ground, which violated the Cabinet’s collective responsibility and undermined public confidence in the Cabinet.
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