Petitioner tells court there was no evidence to support Gachagua’s impeachment
By Zipporah Ngwatu, April 27, 2026Lawyer Morara Omoke, listed as the 43rd petitioner in former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment case, has informed the court that there was no evidence in support of various grounds of impeachment as presented to the public.
Omoke has also told the court that there were no attachments to Gachagua’s response, which at the time had already been filed before the National Assembly, noting that they were never provided to the participants during the public participation exercise.
Appearing before Justices Eric Ogola, Freda Mugambi, and Antony Mrima on Monday, April 27, 2026, he stated that the public was only urged to give a yes-or-no opinion with a small space at the bottom to add anything about the impeachment.
“My lords and lady, the public was only being asked to give an opinion of yes or no and only a very small provision at the bottom of the form to say any other thing,” lawyer Omoke submitted.
Omoke has also said that the language used in the exercise was only in English despite the fact that Kenya has two official languages, that is, English and Swahili.
According to lawyer Omoke, it was important for the exercise to have been conducted in different languages, especially for an issue that is so important as this impeachment.
The petitioner further faulted the lack of partiality on the part of the Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Masika Wetang’ula and his deputy prior to the impeachment process, even before the motion was presented before the National Assembly.
He told the bench that the Parliament deputy speaker said, “Mimi mwenyewe nitampeleka nyumbani,” and around the same time, the Speaker of the National Assembly even quoted a verse from the Bible about getting rid of something that is considered to be inappropriate in reference to the deputy president.
The bench pushed the hearing to next month after it emerged that Justice Murima, who is a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), will be contacting interviews for the Supreme Court Judges from Tuesday, April 8, 2026.
The hearing has been adjourned until May 7 and 8, 2026, starting at 9am, when the attorney general (AG), the Senate and the National Assembly will do their submissions.