Kenya Deputy President Risks Impeachment For Fronting Tribalism

Plans are underway to impeach Kenya’s controversial deputy president Rigathi Gachagua accused of gross incompetence, sectarianism, undermining the constitution and national unity.

Moses Wetangula the Speaker of Kenya’s National Assembly said on Monday that Parliament should remove any leader who is a threat to the country’s peaceful integration and national cohesion.

“I urge leaders to avoid politics that fragment our nation along ethnic or regional lines,” Wetangula said adding, “If there is anyone who wants to disrupt the peace of the nation, they should be removed because we want peace for everybody.”

Wetangula added, “We must remember that our diversity is the source of our strength.”

Wetangula’s remarks come as the Legislators expect to table the impeachment motion against Gachagua on Tuesday since it has sailed past the 117-signature threshold required for the tabling before the House.

The House Speaker cautioned individuals in leadership positions, particularly at the national level not to create divisions by advocating for the interests of specific regions at the expense of others.

Gachagua has, however, termed his planned impeachment motion as “an act of subversion” insisting that he must finish his five-year term.

Gachagua claims that having been elected on a joint ticket with President William Ruto, his impeachment would amount to subverting the will of the people.

“As we do whatever we are doing in the political space it is my prayer that we should always respect the will of the people which is supreme. Elections were done. The President and I were elected on a joint ticket for 5 years and that is the will of the people,” he said.

He warned of unexplained dire political consequences.

“Let us not fall into the temptations of overturning the will of the people through other methods because the people will not be happy,” he stated.

This story originated on Taarifa