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The deputy president's future in the UDA party is now becoming uncertain.

It seems Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's woes will continue escalating as days pass.

A plan to eject him from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has been revealed.

Party's acting secretary general Hassan Omar said Gachagua's impeachment would form a ground for his ejection from the outfit.

According to Omar, the deputy president's ouster will indicate he is grossly implicated and thus make him unsuitable to continue being a ranking member of the party.

"Should the impeachment motion sail through, then our immediate concern will be to eject him (Gachagua) from the party. He cannot be found to be grossly incompetent, undermining the constitution and the national unity and then continue being a ranking member of the party," said Omar.

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UDA secretary general Hassan Omar.

Omar was speaking on the sidelines of the UDA Comrades Chapter TownHall in Mombasa.

The secretary general revealed that a majority of the lawmakers elected on UDA tickets had approved of the motion to impeach Gachagua.

He said the party would adopt their resolution.

The impeachment is slated for tabling in the coming week.

Among the charges forming the grounds for Gachagua's ouster is his alleged hand in an attempted coup, abuse of office, gross violation of the constitution and law breaches.

In response, the deputy president hit out at his boss, President William Ruto, whom he accused of bankrolling the MPs to actualise the impeachment.

Speaking in Mwea, Kirinyaga County, on Saturday, September 28, Gachagua cautioned Ruto against inciting the lawmakers to impeach him.

Gachagua affirmed that he was elected by Kenyans and that if anyone had a problem with him, they should report him to the people who elected him.

"I was voted in by the people of Kenya, the President did not elect me. We were elected on one ticket. You voted for President Ruto because Rigathi Gachagua was on that ticket. If I was not there, you would not have voted for Ruto," Gachagua said.

He asked Ruto to declare his stand on the matter.

"If the President has become tired of the Mt. Kenya votes, he should tell us. He should stop telling MPs to push us out of our jobs," the DP added.

Gachagua said the alleged plot to impeach him is meant to intimidate him and push him to resign, however, noting that he would not buy into it.