Political Firestorm: Gachagua’s Legal Battle Over Impeachment Intensifies

Rigathi Gachagua returns to court as he challenges his 2024 impeachment, shifting focus to compensation and constitutional declarations.

Pelumi Ilesanmi • Across Africa • 1 month ago • 1 minute read •

Key Points

• Rigathi Gachagua is challenging his 2024 impeachment at the Milimani Law Courts before a three-judge bench.

• Gachagua has abandoned his pursuit of reinstatement, now seeking financial compensation and constitutional declarations that his removal was unlawful.

• His petition claims the impeachment process was procedurally flawed, lacked public participation, and was tainted by corruption.

Political Firestorm: Gachagua’s Legal Battle Over Impeachment Intensifies

Former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua returns to the Milimani Law Courts as his legal challenge against his 2024 impeachment continues before a three-judge bench.

The case, widely watched in Kenya’s constitutional circles, is testing the limits of impeachment procedures under Kenyan law and parliamentary accountability.

Gachagua, now leader of the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP), has dropped his earlier demand for reinstatement and is now seeking constitutional compensation claims for alleged unlawful removal.

His legal team argues that the impeachment process in Parliament failed to meet required standards of public participation and due process under Kenya’s Constitution.

They also claim the proceedings were politically influenced and did not meet the legal threshold required for removing a sitting Deputy President.

The case is being closely monitored as it could set a major precedent for executive accountability in Kenya and future impeachment processes.