Gachagua lawyers walk out of Senate after senators votes to continue with impeachment
DP Gachagua lawyers storm out of the Senate after request to suspend impeachment trial is rejected
DP Gachagua lawyers storm out of the Senate after request to suspend impeachment trial is rejected.
Rigathi Gachagua’s defense counsel walked out of the Senate after their request to postpone the Senate hearing was declined by a majority of the senators.
“Mr Speaker, through you, let me recognise the right of this Honourable Senate to decide any issue put to it democratically which Mr. Speaker is what has happened,” Muite state.
“Arising for that decision of this Honourable Senate, was the legal team representing the DP are not able to continue appearing without instructions. We humbly and with a lot of requests take your leave Mr Speaker and the leave of this honourable house.”
In what was an eventful second day of the Senate hearing in the Gachagua impeachment trial, the counsel, led by Paul Muite, openly showed their discontent after Senate Speaker Amason Kingi ruled the trial process would continue in the absence of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Speaking outside parliament, counsel Ndegwa Njiru further broke down their reasons for declining to participate further in the proceedings, saying it would be illegal to move forward in the absence of their client, whom they claim has been taken ill at the hospital.
“When the Senate decided to take that action, we decided to leave because we would be perpetuating an illegality by sitting in Parliament without adequate instructions from our client,” Njiru observed.
The decision to walk out of the Senate came moments after the Senate voted to continue with the impeachment trial.
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Gachagua’s counsel had earlier requested to have the trial pushed back to Tuesday next week, owing to Gachagua’s uncertain medical conditions.
Speaker Kingi, however, left the decision to the Senators in the house, saying such a decision was typically supposed to be made to the Senate, not the Speaker.
The Senators took a vote, with an overwhelming number voting yes to continue with the trial.
The decision was heavily criticised by Gachagua’s counsel, who decried malice in Senate’s apparent rush to conclude the trial.
“What is the rush with the Senate? Why do you want to conclude this issue today with the absence of the DP who is the accused? Those who have been given the closing remarks are MPs; they have taken over the Senate. It is a sad day for this country,” Karungo Thangwa said.
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