Kenya court hears challenge to impeachment
Published: 04:10 PM,Oct 22,2024 | EDITED : 08:10 PM,Oct 22,2024
Kenya's impeached deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua sits inside the Milimani Courts, in Nairobi. — Reuters
NAIROBI: Kenya's High Court began on Tuesday hearing a legal bid by impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to overturn his ouster in a political saga that has plunged the upper echelons of Kenyan politics into disarray. But both he and President William Ruto challenged -- for different reasons -- the court's ability to hear the case.
In a fast-moving, the High Court in Nairobi on Friday had ordered that Gachagua's impeachment be put on hold. Its ruling came just minutes after parliament had approved Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki to replace Gachagua as Ruto's deputy.
Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on Thursday on five out of 11 charges against him, including stirring ethnic divisions and undermining the judiciary. Gachagua on Sunday lashed out at his boss as 'vicious' and claimed there had been attempts on his life in the past, including by poisoning his food. Ruto has not yet given any public comment on the impeachment. — AFP
In a fast-moving, the High Court in Nairobi on Friday had ordered that Gachagua's impeachment be put on hold. Its ruling came just minutes after parliament had approved Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki to replace Gachagua as Ruto's deputy.
Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on Thursday on five out of 11 charges against him, including stirring ethnic divisions and undermining the judiciary. Gachagua on Sunday lashed out at his boss as 'vicious' and claimed there had been attempts on his life in the past, including by poisoning his food. Ruto has not yet given any public comment on the impeachment. — AFP