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    Kenyan Lawmakers Begin Process To Impeach Deputy President

    By EditorOctober 2, 2024
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    MEMBERS of parliament in Kenya have started the process of removing the country’s deputy president from office.

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    Those who back the effort accuse Rigathi Gachagua of having a role in June’s anti-government demonstrations – which turned deadly – as well as an involvement in corruption, undermining government and promoting ethnically divisive politics.

    The deputy president has dismissed the allegations.

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    This is the culmination of a major fallout between Gachagua and President William Ruto.

    On Tuesday, the speaker of the National Assembly allowed the impeachment proceedings to begin after a motion to start things off was backed by 291 MPs, way over the threshold of the 117 MPs required.

    The impeachment itself is expected to sail through both houses of parliament easily, after the main opposition joined forces with the president’s party following the recent protests. But there is no date yet for when that will actually take place.

    Multiple efforts to stop the impeachment attempt through the courts failed.

    The power struggle between the president and his deputy has led to concerns of instability at the heart of government, at a time when Kenya is in the throes of a deep economic and financial crisis.

    Ruto chose Gachagua as his running-mate in the 2022 election, when he defeated former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in a bitterly contested election.

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    Gachagua comes from the vote-rich Mount Kenya region, and helped marshal support for Ruto.

    But with members of Odinga’s party joining the government after the youth-led protests that forced Ruto to back down from increasing taxes, the political dynamics have changed – and the deputy president looks increasingly isolated.

    Gachagua has, however, struck a defiant tone, saying he has the backing of voters in his native central Kenya region.

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    “Two-hundred [legislators] cannot overturn the will of the people,” he said.

    For the motion to pass, it would require the support of at least two-thirds of members of the National Assembly and Senate, excluding its nominated members.

    Backers of the motion are confident that it will be approved.

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