Sunday, October 13, 2024 - Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has launched a last-minute desperate legal push to halt his impending impeachment by the Senate.
In a letter to Chief Justice
Martha Koome, Gachagua, through his lawyers, urged the Chief Justice to set up
an urgent hearing of the case before Tuesday, ahead of the Senate's proceedings
slated for Wednesday, October 16.
Gachagua's legal team is pushing
for the empaneling of a bench by Chief Justice Martha Koome to hear the
petition.
They argue that without
immediate intervention, the Senate will proceed with the impeachment process,
rendering any further legal challenges moot.
The lawyers pressed for urgency,
stating that "the substratum of the petitions will cease to exist"
once the Senate begins its proceedings.
But that’s not all. Despite
writing to CJ Koome, Gachagua also filed a fresh petition to the High Court
seeking to block the Senate from considering the National Assembly's resolution
to remove him from office.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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