Day of reckoning for Gachagua as MPs prepare to table impeachment motion

Majority Leader and Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah confirmed that the impeachment motion would be presented before the House floor.

Tabling the motion will require 233 MPs to support it to sail through and reports claim that 302 members have already appended their signatures.

Gachagua's accusers claim that he has violated Article 10 of the Constitution, arguing that his public utterances have been inciteful, reckless inflammatory and capable of stirring ethnic hatred.

He is also being accused of violating articles 147, 148,174,186 and 189 which speak to his conduct and responsibility as the principal assistant to the President.

He will also defend himself against claims of corruptly and unlawfully acquiring assets using taxpayers' money. The assets are said to be spread in Nyeri, Nairobi and Kilifi counties.

If the motion sails through, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula will communicate the resolution within two days to Senate Speaker Amason Kingi for action.

Gachagua's tenure has been bedevilled by an abrasive relationship with his boss President William Ruto and some of the 'president's men'.

The speculated rift has forced the embattled DP to fire at those propagating politics of betrayal, warning Ruto that if his allies go ahead with the impeachment plan, he risks losing the trust of the Mt. Kenya region.

"I want to urge President Ruto to put his house in order and allow us to work. We have a mandate to fulfil to the Kenyan people, we need to get down to work," he noted.