NAIROBI: A Kenyan High Court is due Tuesday to hear an appeal by impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over his ouster in an unprecedented Senate vote last week.
In fast-moving political drama, the court on Friday ordered the impeachment to be put on hold, only minutes after parliament had approved his replacement, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki.
Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on Thursday on five out of 11 charges leveled against him, including stirring ethnic divisions and undermining the judiciary.
The embattled 59-year-old had been admitted to hospital with chest pains ahead of the Senate session, but the upper house rejected an appeal by his lawyers for the process to be delayed.
The impeachment was the culmination of a public falling out between Gachagua and President William Ruto.
And after being released from hospital Gachagua on Sunday lashed out at his boss as “vicious” and claimed there had been attempts on his life in the past.
Gachagua said his security had been withdrawn and his entire staff sent on compulsory leave.
A three-judge bench at the High Court in Nairobi is due to start hearing Gachagua’s impeachment appeal on Tuesday.
“The petition and application raise monumental constitutional issues,” the High Court said in its ruling on Friday.
The order effectively blocks Kindiki, a 52-year-old lawyer turned heavyweight politician, from taking office.
Ruto — who had chosen Gachagua as his running mate for the August 2022 election — has not yet given any public comment on the impeachment.
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Kenya court to hear challenge to deputy leader’s impeachment
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Kenya court to hear challenge to deputy leader’s impeachment
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on Thursday on five out of 11 charges leveled against him
- The impeachment was the culmination of a public falling out between Gachagua and President William Ruto
Gangs allegedly ‘forced’ votes in Honduras election
TEGUCIGALPA: A prominent human rights group said Thursday gang members in Honduras “forced” voters to cast ballots during the November 30 presidential elections, and alleged seven political killings during the campaign.
Gang violence is a major problem in Honduras, where groups like Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha are considered terrorist organizations by the United States.
NGO Cristosal said its investigation revealed killings of six men who “held or claimed to hold a municipal level post” and “a five year old child” who died in an armed attack on a Libre party demonstration.
The NGO also found “certain acts of coercion” based on gang presence near polling stations, Cristosal Director of Investigations Rene Valiente told AFP — but they did not determine which party the criminals favored.
Current president Xiomara Castro claimed voters for her left-wing party, Libre, “were threatened by bands and gangs in different regions of the country.”
She called for an investigation.
The results of the November 30 election remain unknown, but are already in dispute by both right-wing candidates, television host Salvador Nasralla and Nasry Asfura, who is backed by US President Donald Trump.
National election officials said Monday Asfura held a slight lead — a little over one percent — on his opponent.
Castro’s government has imposed a state of emergency on Honduras since December 2022, to reduce crime — a move criticized by human rights advocates.
Gang violence is a major problem in Honduras, where groups like Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha are considered terrorist organizations by the United States.
NGO Cristosal said its investigation revealed killings of six men who “held or claimed to hold a municipal level post” and “a five year old child” who died in an armed attack on a Libre party demonstration.
The NGO also found “certain acts of coercion” based on gang presence near polling stations, Cristosal Director of Investigations Rene Valiente told AFP — but they did not determine which party the criminals favored.
Current president Xiomara Castro claimed voters for her left-wing party, Libre, “were threatened by bands and gangs in different regions of the country.”
She called for an investigation.
The results of the November 30 election remain unknown, but are already in dispute by both right-wing candidates, television host Salvador Nasralla and Nasry Asfura, who is backed by US President Donald Trump.
National election officials said Monday Asfura held a slight lead — a little over one percent — on his opponent.
Castro’s government has imposed a state of emergency on Honduras since December 2022, to reduce crime — a move criticized by human rights advocates.
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