Editor's Review

Kithure Kindiki's remarks come a day after Rigathi Gachagua warned President William Ruto over alleged plans to kick Martha Koome out of office.

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has spoken out on the alleged plan to remove Chief Justice Martha Koome from office.

In a statement on Monday, February 24, the DP emphasized that the process of removing a judge from office must remain constitutional and free from political or ethnic influences.  

Kindiki stressed that judicial matters should not be trivialized by ethnic or political considerations, urging both accusers and defenders of judges to rely on constitutional and legal arguments.

"Removal of a judge from office is purely a constitutional matter and not a political or ethnic issue. Accusers and defenders of judges must use constitutional and legal arguments to state their positions rather than trivializing such a weighty legal matter by bringing in ethnicity into the equation. Who will defend the judges who may be innocent but do not have ethnic godfathers?" he wrote on X.

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Kindiki's remarks come a day after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua warned President William Ruto over an alleged plan to kick Koome out of office.  

Speaking during a church service in Meru County, the former DP said Ruto should not set foot in Meru if the alleged plan goes through.

"If you chase our Martha Koome, don't set foot in Meru. You chased Rigathi Gachagua, and the Mt. Kenya people were silent, you thought they were cowards," he said.

Gachagua accused Ruto of orchestrating a scheme to remove her from office, claiming that she is being targeted for refusing to be subservient.

"He started by kicking me out of his government, and he also did the same to Mithika Linturi. She is being fought because she has refused to be a 'yes sir' person," he stated.

Additionally, Gachagua promised to call for protests if the plan is hatched, accusing Ruto of destroying the leadership of the Mt. Kenya Region.

"This is too much now. How do you purge the leadership of an entire community that made you president? If Koome is dismissed and I call for protests, will you come out? We are not going to sit again as Ruto destroys the leadership of Mount Kenya," he added.