Kibwezi West Member of Parliament Mwengi Mutuse on Saturday tore into the impeached Deputy President Rigath Gachagua over his long protracted legal battles that he has since staged against his impeachment.
Mutuse who was speaking during the burial ceremony of Mama Lenah Gaciri, mother to George Murugara in Tharaka Nithi County, urged the embattled Gachagua to give way to wisdom instead of trying to seek the validation of from other means in a bid to try to get back the second in command seat.
The lawmaker who was the mover of the motion to impeach Gachagua revealed that he has been trying to avoid speaking on the matter in public, but was forced to speak due to recent developments.
‘’Since we finished this work at the National Assembly and we proceeded to the Senate, I have been avoiding speaking on this matter at the public gatherings because I did not want to get ahead of myself. So if I don’t speak it here, you will have to bear with me,’’ Mutuse stated.
Mutuse urged Gachagua to instead apply wisdom over the next steps he will take after both houses resolved to impeach him.
''So I am saying that the Europeans have a saying that even strength must give way to wisdom so if you see that man(Gachagua), even if he is feeling that he has a lot of energy, he must give way to wisdom because Kenya is a democracy,’’ he added.
According to the lawmaker, Parliament had made it clear on what the voice of the general public was, therefore the only alternative that Gachagua remained with was to honour the decision and surrender.
He further urged Gachagua to consider the number of MPs who voted to impeach him both at the Senate and the National Assembly even as he continues to battle in court.
''Kenya is a democracy founded on a Constitutional order that we bestowed on ourselves in 2010, and in a democracy numbers matter and they have meaning,’’
''282 members of Parliament against 44 said Kenya must change, in the Senate 53 Senators against 13 said Kenya must change, surely numbers in a democracy must have meaning,’’
Mutuse’s sentiments come at a time when Gachagua is battling tooth and nail at the courts where he is seeking to reverse the resolution to impeach him and stop Kindiki from being sworn in.
This is after Gachagua through his lawyers obtained orders from a High Court sitting in Kerugoya, barring the swearing in of Kindiki who was to be sworn in after the National Assembly approved his nomination.
