Drama as Senator accuses Speaker Kingi of bias during impeachment trial
Kajiado Senator Seki Lenku accuses Senate Speaker Kingi of bias during the impeachment trial of DP Gachagua
Kajiado Senator Seki Lenku accuses Senate Speaker Kingi of bias during the impeachment trial of DP Gachagua.
Drama ensued in the Senate chamber on Thursday, October 17, during Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment trial after Kajiado Senator Seki Lenku disagreed with Senate Speaker Amason Kingi.
Lenku accused the Speaker of being biased during the engagement with one of the witnesses during the impeachment trial.
Consequently, Kingi hit back sternly at the lawmaker and threatened to throw him out of the chamber if he did not apologise.
“You cannot direct the chair on what to do. Honourable Seki unless you apologise, I’m going to throw you out of the chamber. You cannot say the chair is biased. If you’ve noticed, we’ve been going on lots; one lot, the witness answers, then I go for another lot,” Kingi remarked.
The Kajiado lawmaker, however, seemed to lose his cool and told the speaker that he had a right to speak in the Senate chamber.
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“I have a representation of Kajiado people. I have a right to speak in this Assembly. But it seems to be biased,” Lenku stated furiously.
He caught the attention of other Senators who rose to calm him down before he eventually apologised to the speaker.
The impeachment process of Gachagua is in the final stages in the Senate as witnesses continue to testify in chamber.
The process will be culminated with a debate on the motion by the senators later on Thursday evening before they make a vote.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu stated that if the impeachment process goes back to court after the outcome from the Senate, it will be handled in accordance with the constitution.
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