Former Agriculture Minister Kipruto Arap Kirwa has asked President William Ruto to call off the planned impeachment against his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua.
Speaking during an interview on Monday, September 30, Kirwa claimed that going after Gachagua was equivalent to going after his community, something he described as a disaster in the making for the president.
“When you go for a community, you are going for a disaster. And the disaster is facing President William Ruto. He should make a decision tomorrow to call off the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua,” Kirwa remarked.
The former minister asserted that if the impeachment against the deputy president does not succeed, he could still work with the president. However, if the opposite happens, he claimed a serious realignment could take place.
"If the impeachment against Gachagua does not succeed, they can still work together and that's my recommendation. But if it succeeds and he himself is able to resign and become a political quantity for the next three years, it is going to be a serious realignment," he explained.
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On Sunday, September 29, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah confirmed that an impeachment motion against the deputy president was in the works.
The lawmaker declared that he would support the motion in his capacity as a Member of Parliament for Kikuyu Constituency.
"It is true that there is an impeachment motion against the deputy president and as a Member of Parliament from Kikuyu, I have already appended my signature to it, and I will support that motion," he stated.
In the meantime, the High Court has declined to issue interim orders to stop the National Assembly from processing the motion.
