Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni, a close ally of former President Uhuru Kenyatta, has sounded a warning to President William Ruto cautioning him of consequences over the push to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
Kioni has warned the President not to use the impeachment motion against the Deputy President to pit communities against each other with the view of benefitting politically ahead of the 2027 general elections.
"We have been struggling for several years to ensure that there is cohesion, but when I hear some members of parliament speaking, they seem to be on a mission to establish a collision course. Maybe it is the desire to pit communities against each other and win easily in 2027", Kioni said.
Kioni urged the politicians to ensure that no matter the situation, they should not take the country back to the 2007 chaos.
"We can disagree on many things, but do not take us back to 2007. Please don't cause chaos", Kioni told politicians.
The 2007 post-election violence played out largely on ethnic lines, and ethnicity continues to play an inordinate role in Kenyan political life.
The SG further took a cue from former Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjuri and dared President William Ruto to pick his preferred Gachagua replacement from another region and not from Mt Kenya.
"Now that you have already taken the Deputy President seat from Mount Kenya, kindly take it somewhere else, as Mt Kenya we don't want it again. You are using this seat to make Mt.Kenya region clash with other communities," Kioni told President Ruto
Speaking on the ongoing impeachment motion against Rigathi Gachagua, Kioni advised that the development was likely to cause instability in the country.
This comes after DP Gachagua was impeached by the National Assembly earlier this week after 282 MPs voted in favor of the motion tabled by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse.
The charges leveled against Gachagua include; abuse of office, acquiring wealth illegally, undermining the President of the Republic of Kenya and unwarranted attacking of state officers including a judge and the Director General of the National Intelligence Service (NIS).
Gachagua has also been accused of undermining devolution by interfering with the affairs of particular counties.
The Senate is expected to hear the case against him by way of plenary on Wednesday and Thursday next week during which senators are expected to interrogate all the 11 charges leveled against Gachagua and vote on his impeachment.
Meanwhile, Gachagua secured a win on Friday after High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi granted the deputy president's prayers to have the impeachment case referred to Chief Justice Martha Koome. The president of the Supreme Court is expected to constitute a three-judge bench to hear and determine the matter.
The Deputy President has also filed a new petition to block the Senate from hearing the impeachment case against him.
