Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been accused of forum shopping in seeking court orders to save him from being impeached by the Senate.[โฆ]CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLEโถ
During Mondayโs mention the respondents in the case in which the DP is seeking orders to stop Senate from going on with the impeachment motion, lawyer Paul Nyamodi noted that there are similar matters pending before the court filed by the petitioner.
However, Gachaguaโs lawyer Paul Muite argued that the petition before the court arose when the National Assembly passed the resolution to the Senate, hence the impeachment is in two phases.
Muite said that it’s unfair to accuse the DP of forum shopping.
At the same time the respondents in the case including Senate Speaker Amason Kingi and the Senate want the court to determine the issue of jurisdiction before hearing the matter.
According to them the court lacks the jurisdiction to hear and determination the case filed by Gachagua.
Muite said the DPโs constitutional rights have been violated and it’s only the court that can save him from impeachment.
In anย application filed under a certificate of urgency,ย Gachagua lists at least 10 grounds he believes were used to aid what he terms a shambolic, unfair and a vicarious assault on him.
He says the charges supported by 282 MPs in the National Assembly were unsupported allegations, hearsay and outright liesโฆCLICK HERE TO READ MORE ARTICLES>>>
