Wetangula Outlines 2 Next Steps As Gachagua Impeachment Motion Gathers Momentum
Gachagua will have a chance to rescue himself through a hearing on October 8, 2024 spanning two hours.
Viral Tea Ke Writer 
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula on Tuesday, October 1 left it to members of the public and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua himself to determine what next before an impeachment motion against him is determined.
Speaking in Parliament after the tabling of the impeachment motion against the DP, Wetangula revealed that Gachagua will have a chance to rescue himself through a hearing on October 8, 2024, spanning two hours. This will come after public participation, which is expected to be concluded by Friday this week.
In his address to MPs, the speaker further revealed that the DP will be allowed to present himself in person or have a lawyer represent him.
National Assembly Speaker, Moses Wetangula during a past House session. /FILE
This comes after 291 Members of Parliament signed a motion to impeach Rigathi Gachagua as the Deputy President accusing him of 11 accounts.
Kenyans in all 47 counties will be expected to table their opinions on the ouster of the Deputy President on Friday.
The Members of Parliament gathered on Tuesday in Parliament where the National Assembly speaker approved the motion to impeach DP Gachagua, stating that all the 11 grounds meet the constitutional threshold.
Gachagua has been accused of using his two sons, to allegedly, massively launder money, conceal proceeds of crime, corruption, and benefit from influence peddling.
Other grounds for impeachment include; going against the oath of office, violating the National Cohesion and Integration Act, amassing property illegally, and misleading the public on critical matters.
During the debate, the 291 MPs who voted for Gachagua's ouster called upon Police Inspector General Douglas Kanja to provide them with security.
“I want to get your assurance as the boss of this House that the 291 MPs who have signed this motion, their safety and security will be guaranteed because the motion does not end at the notice but it will go through to voting,” said Junet Mohamed, National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed
“We want those 291 MPs to turn up here on the day of voting without any one of them missing. We have just passed the IG of Police Mr Kanja to guarantee the safety of the 291 MPs. What we are doing is not a small thing; when Trump was being removed from the US, we knew what it was trying to do. Let us not begrudge anyone because what the House is doing is Constitutional. When the MPs were signing that is what they told me; we are in support but we want things done legally inside and outside parliament.”
Echoing his sentiments, Dadaab MP Farah Maalim opined that the protection should be extended to President William Ruto, who if the DP were to be ousted through the motion, would be expected to assent to it.
The MP went on to allege that he is privy to intel that some unnamed individuals might make reckless attempts to alter the outcome of the motion by eliminating the President, thereby invoking the Constitution for the DP to then assume power and succeed his boss.
Similarly, Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, who has been at loggerheads with the DP, appealed to security organs to ensure the MPs are protected inside and outside Parliament.
"The security of MPs is paramount. We have seen it on social media and we have been told by certain quarters that before March 2025, they say flags will fly at half-mast. These are weighty issues. You must direct the IG of police who was approved by this House less than a month ago to ensure that when this House is sitting within the precincts of Parliament and even outside and including committees of this House, members are secured and even in their homes they are secured," he appealed.
Gachagua's impeachment motion was tabled by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse who presented a 100-paged document to the August House indicating he had satisfactory evidence to support his grounds and prove that Gachagua was not fit for the Office of the Deputy President.
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