Judges decline to halt Gachagua impeachment hearings
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addresses congregants during a church service at PCEA Emmanuel Matanya Church in Laikipia County on January 19, 2025.
The former Deputy President said the motion to impeach him was founded on deceit, misrepresentations, and suppression of material facts, which had been peddled to the public to achieve an improper and unconstitutional purpose.
It is also his argument that the one-day public participation process which was initiated by Parliament was not enough to ‘overturn the sovereign will of the people’ who voted for him and President William Ruto in the last general election.
The High Court has dismissed an application by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua seeking to suspend the hearing of several petitions challenging his removal.
A bench of three judges rejected the application to delay the hearing of the cases, to allow Mr Gachagua to pursue an appeal on whether Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, had the powers to appoint the judges to determine the petitions.
