Gachagua to defend himself before Senate plenary
Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will defend himself before the Senate plenary
Impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will defend himself before the Senate plenary.
This is after a motion by majority leader Aaron Cheruiyot to form a special committee to hear charges against the DP flopped for lacking a seconder.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna declined to second the motion firing the ‘mood of the House’
The Senate made the decision on Wednesday morning, allowing all 47 Senators to hear the case against Gachagua and then table a report in the House.
Sifuna was called upon during a Senate sitting to second the motion tabled by Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot. While moving the motion, Cheruiyot stated, “This is uncharted territory that the Senate is being invited to conduct the impeachment hearing of a Deputy President. Much as this is constitutional, it is the first time this is happening. I want to urge members to agree with me that we elect 11 of our wisest to read on our behalf and make a decision.”
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Speaker Amason Kingi has directed the plenary shall investigate the charges on Wednesday and Thursday next week.
The National Assembly and Gachagua have until the end of Monday to submit their evidence.
In the Senate, unlike the National Assembly, the mover of the motion MP Mwengi Mutuse will have the opportunity to call witnesses and introduce more evidence against Gachagua. The country’s second in command can cross-examine the witnesses, and introduce evidence to impeach their testimony.
Gachagua will also be free to call any witnesses to either impeach or make his case against the 11 charges staring at him. In the Senate, when it comes to voting, Senators will vote on each and every charge separately, and should they find him guilty of even one, they will uphold the impeachment from the National Assembly.
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