Gladys Shollei defends 'I will send you home' remarks on Gachagua impeachment

Speaking during the impeachment debate at National Assembly, the lawmaker said she made the remarks as a Member of Parliament representing Uasin Gishu County and not as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. 

She dismissed the claims of bias owing to the position she holds in Parliament, confirming that she is legally mandated to voice her opinion as an MP. 

"I want to confirm that I'm not biased at all. When I made those statements, I made them as MP for Uasin Gishu and not as a Deputy Speaker sitting on the chair. You can only accuse me of bias if I make those statements from the speaker's chair," she said. 

"I am first an MP before I am Deputy speaker. If the law contemplates a situation where I am gagged as Deputy speaker I would have been expected then by that law to resign like that the substantive does on that case." 

Further, she accused Gachagua of treason by undermining the president in his past rallies.

The MP referenced a recent rally in Githurai where Former Laikipia Woman Representative Cate Waruguru said that President William Ruto and the MPs behind the DP's impeachment motion would go home in 2027. 

"During the rally in Githurai which was presided over by the DP, he was involved in leading chants saying Ruto must go and is a one-term president. He never denounced those statements. What that amounts to is that he is guilty of treason and other offences," Boss claimed. 

"During his appearance in church in Meru, the DP insinuated that if he's removed, the tribes of Kenya native to the Mt Kenya will revolt and be violent. Again that is treason and other allied offences," she added. 

While supporting the motion, Boss also criticised the second in command for disclosing the details of the Kenya Kwanza pre-election pact, citing that it violated the Non-Disclosure Agreements signed by the parties. 

During the media briefing on Monday, Gachagua revealed the agreements to defend accusations of tribalism laid against him regarding his shareholders remarks.

The DP questioned why he was being labelled a tribalist yet parties had consented to a shareholding pact should Kenya Kwanza win the 2022 elections. 

Boss labelled the comments as 'unbecoming' for a person who holds the second highest office in government. 

"As late as yesterday, If I had any doubt that he must be impeached, he made it very clear. He went to disclose details of the Kenya Kwanza pre-election pact. This is contrary to the Non-disclosure agreement signed by parties," she noted. 

"Without due regard to these clauses and without seeking consensus from other principals who are parties to those pact, he went on to sing like a parrot on national TV. That is unbecoming behaviour of a person who holds an office as high as that of a deputy president."

Boss made references to the remarks made on September 23, 2024, in Uasin Gishu when she put the DP on notice. 

"I will send you home myself. I am putting you on notice. You are going to be impeached, and I can confirm that to you," she said.