DP Rigathi Gachagua Moves to Court in Effort to Block Impeachment

In yet another move to stop his impeachment, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday filed a petition at the High Court seeking the suspension of the impeachment motion lodged against him at the National Assembly. The Deputy President, through his lawyers, argued that the motion to impeach him was founded on deceit and misrepresentation of material facts. Gachagua in his petition also accused National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula and Deputy, Gladys Shollei of bias for publicly declaring their stand on how they would prefer Gachagua's impeachment to go. According to the deputy president, the motion to impeach him was politically orchestrated…