Editor's Review

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has set a date to determine Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's fate.

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's fate will be decided through the senate plenary on Wednesday and Thursday next week.

The decision was arrived on Wednesday, October 9, after a motion on the formation of an 11-member committee to hear the charges against Gachagua failed to be seconded in the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot tabled the motion and invited Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna to second it, but instead he declined.

“This is a matter that is very unique and has elicited public attention. Therefore, given the mood of the House especially on the minority side, I respectfully decline to second that motion,” Sifuna remarked.

Following the move, Senate Speaker Amason Kingi directed that the matter be heard in plenary and asked the senate clerk to send invitations to the deputy president and the National Assembly.

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

"The motion having been deemed to be withdrawn pursuant to Standing Orders 70 (1), the proposal for a special committee is defeated. The senate will therefore proceed with the investigation on the proposed removal from office by impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua in plenary.

"In line with the schedule of activities for impeachment hearing in plenary, I hereby give the following directions: The clerk to issue invitations to appear to the deputy president to today. The clerk to issue invitations to appear to the National Assembly today. The parties to file their responses with the office of the clerk of the senate by Monday, October 14, by 5 p.m. The clerk to circulate documents received from the parties, including the plenary hearing program, to all senators upon receipt on October 14. The senate shall then investigate the matter in plenary on Wednesday, October 16, and Thursday, October 17,” Kingi stated.

Gachagua will now defend himself in front of all senators next week after the National Assembly voted to impeach him on Tuesday, October 8.

11 charges, including gross misconduct and gross violation of the constitution, were brought against the deputy president before 281 MPs voted to impeach him, while 44 voted against the motion, and 1 abstained.