Kalonzo Musyoka Criticizes Impeachment Process
According to Musyoka, this system failure lasted for 24 hours, preventing Gachagua’s legal team from filing a plea to stop the impeachment.
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka. Photo/The Standard.
By Robert Mutasi
Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has raised concerns over the ongoing impeachment process against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, suggesting that the process is predetermined and manipulated.
During an interview on Citizen TV on Tuesday night, Musyoka expressed his belief that the National Assembly had already made up its mind on the matter, prejudging the Senate’s role in the procedure.
Musyoka indicated that the National Assembly is expected to hold a special session on Friday, a move he interprets as signaling a foregone conclusion.
He voiced his fear that this session points to the Assembly having prejudged the outcome of what the Senate is expected to decide in the impeachment case.
“The impeachment process is predetermined. The National Assembly will have a special sitting on Friday which means they have already prejudged what the Senate will decide. Unless the courts stop the process, Gachagua’s goose is cooked,” Musyoka said.
The Wiper leader added that the courts remain the only viable defense against what he sees as a biased process.
He underscored his belief that judicial intervention is crucial, particularly in light of what he perceives as a suspicious failure of the judiciary’s digital system around the time Gachagua was impeached by the National Assembly.
According to Musyoka, this system failure lasted for 24 hours, preventing Gachagua’s legal team from filing a plea to stop the impeachment.
“The courts are our last line of defense. The day Gachagua was impeached by the National Assembly, for fear that his lawyers would file pleadings to try and stop it, the Judicial digital system failed for 24 hours,” he revealed, calling on Chief Justice Martha Koome and the Judicial Service Commission to act against what he termed as manipulation of the judicial system.
Musyoka urged the judiciary to step in and prevent the continuation of what he sees as an unfair impeachment process, stressing that the failure of the digital system raises questions about the transparency of the entire procedure.
He called on the Chief Justice to reject any form of interference in the judiciary’s independence.
As the political scene heats up, all eyes will be on the Senate as it deliberates on the next steps in the impeachment process, while the judiciary may face mounting pressure to take a stand in ensuring fairness and justice.
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