Kenyan Speaker Moses Wetangula Supports Impeaching Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua

The National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula said he supports the proposed motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Wetangula accused Gachagua of tribalism. "We must know that our diversity is the source of our strength and that is how we shall live," Wetangula, who is expected to preside over the motion, said. Kenyan lawmakers have collected enough signatures to table the motion to impeach Gachagua. The motion, which must be backed by 117 legislators for it to be introduced in the House, must also garner the support of 233 MPs before being transmitted to the Senate. National Assembly Deputy Majority Leader Owen Baya said that more than 260 lawmakers have signed on to the motion which is supported by both the government and opposition members of Parliament. More than 233 MPs, representing two-thirds of the total 349 MPs, must support the motion to send it to the Senate, where the proponents in the upper house must marshal the support of 45 senators for the impeachment to be completed. Gachagua needs 23 senators to survive the impeachment. The senators may, however, decide to handle the matter in a committee of 11 members or in plenary.