Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said he will lead protests if Chief Justice Martha Koome is removed from office or arrested.
Speaking during an interview on Sunday, February, 9, with Kikuyu Radio stations, the former DP stressed that he will not allow the Chief Justice to be removed from office the same way he was impeached.
"They want to chase Martha Koome the same way they chased me. We shall not keep quiet again if they remove Martha Koome, we shall go out to the streets and close the roads," he said.
Gachagua has now emphasised that Mt Kenya Region leaders will not be silent if subjected to any form of mistreatment by the current regime.
Gachagua has pointed out that the removal of Koome will significantly demean the region's communities.
"The youths came to me and told me that I made a mistake in telling them to keep quiet after I was impeached. They planned to harm us in Limuru and we kept quiet, the next day our meeting was destroyed, if that happens again we will meet in the streets," he said.
The former DP further revealed that youths from the region have approached him and expressed their disapproval after he told them not to react after his removal as the second in command.
Addressing congregants at Meru PCEA Church on January 26, the former DP claimed that President William Ruto was keen on disbanding the Supreme Court ahead of the 2027 general elections and that a budget had already been set aside for the scheme.
"There is a bigger scheme to dismantle the Supreme Court ahead of the 2027 elections. A budget has been set aside through the National Intelligence Service," he said
Gachagua's sentiments in Meru came just days after it emerged that Koome's security detail had been withdrawn and then reinstated, a trend that has become too common among senior judges in recent years.
While alluding to Koome's distress, the former DP claimed it was a calculated ploy from the State to frustrate Koome into resignation.
"All those petitions you see in the Supreme Court are the makings of the government because they would like to put a Supreme Court bench that is amicable to what those in power want," he said.
