- On Monday, October 14, the speaker of the Senate Amason Kingi gave a decision that will have a major impact in the case of the removal of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua
- Leading the impeachment trial of Kericho governor Eric Mutai, Kingi said court orders cannot prevent the Senate from carrying out its activities
- His decision comes while Gachagua is waiting for the outcome of the case he filed seeking to be ordered to stop the case against him in the Senate
Nairobi— The action of the vice president Rigathi Gachagua preventing the Senate from debating the proposed motion for his removal from power has received a major blow.
Source: UGC
What does Amason Kingi's decision mean for Gachagua
On Monday, October 14, Senate Speaker Amason Kingi ruled that Parliament cannot be suspended and that previous objections to court orders do not stop the ongoing proceedings in the Senate.
The embattled vice president is in court seeking to stop the Senate from proceeding with his impeachment trial.
However, when he was giving a decision on a similar issue raised by the governor of Kericho Eric Mutai, Kingi confirmed that no court order can stop the case before the Senate.
“The question of the effect of any court orders ordering the Senate to do no business is well settled. In this matter, the resolution is the same regardless of the position taken by the County Legislature. Whether there was or not, the court order in this matter is of no consequence as the result is the same, which is that Parliament cannot be prevented from performing its constitutional duties by court order,” said Kingi.
Kingi's orders indicate that the decision that Supreme Court Judge Chacha Mwita is expected to give on Tuesday, October 15, will not have any effect on the case of the impeachment against Gachagua.
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Meanwhile, the Chief Justice Martha Koome appointed three judges to hear and decide the petition filed by Gachagua against his acquittal.
On Monday, October 14, Koome appointed Justices Eric Ogola, Anthony Mrima, and Frida Mugambi to hear the petition filed by the embattled vice president.
In his order he issued in the Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court in the city Nairobi under Request no. E522 of 2024, Koome followed the instructions given by Justice Lawrence Mugambi.
Justice Ogola will preside over a bench appointed by the Chief Justice. Koome's actions come when the fate of Gachagua's removal is expected to be discussed and decided before the Senate session on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
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