DP Gachagua taken ill, admitted to hospital
Senior Counsel Paul Muite has revealed that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has fallen ill and cannot testify in the Senate
Senior Counsel Paul Muite has revealed that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has fallen ill and cannot testify in the Senate.
The impeachment trial against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua took an unexpected halt on Thursday after the DP failed to show up during the afternoon session.
Gachagua was scheduled to take the stand in the afternoon session.
However, his legal team, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, said they had received information that the DP has been taken ill and is currently admitted to the hospital.
However, the specific hospital and details of the illness were not revealed.
“The sad reality is that the DP has been taken ill and is currently in hospital. That is the sad reality,” Muite said.
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Muite requested the Senate Speaker Amason Kingi to provide his legal team time to monitor the progress of the DP.
“My proposal is that you give me the rest of the day to have an assessment of the DP situation and come back by 5 pm after seeing him and speaking to the doctor,” Muite said.
Consequently, the lawyer asked Speaker Amason Kingi to grant him up to 5 PM to find out more about the illness and give a detailed account of the DP’s absence.
In his ruling, Kingi suspended the session until 5 PM and directed that the second in command should take the witness stand then.
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