Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will not accept the Sh50 million compensation awarded to him by the High Court for the violation of his constitutional rights during his impeachment proceedings, his lawyer Senior Counsel Paul Muite has clarified. …
… He revealed that his legal team, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, would file an appeal at the appellate court, arguing that once the High Court established that his rights under Articles 25, 47, and 50 of the Constitution were breached, the entire ouster process should have been …
… mbly, he said, had concluded, including evidence in chief, cross-examination, and re-examination.He stated that the former Deputy President and his counsel were made aware that Gachagua would take the stand on resumption, after lunch but upon resumption, Senior Counsel Paul Muite …
… The decision by the bench to purport to uphold the impeachment is in itself a violation." He revealed that his legal team, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, would file an appeal at the appellate court, arguing that once the High Court established that his rights under Articles 25 …
… ood for my rights and that of over 7 million Kenyans who voted for me.” Press Conference: Ruling of the 3-Judge Bench and Way Forward https://t.co/p4VXnAAklC— Rigathi Gachagua (@rigathi) June 9, 2026 Gachagua said he had instructed his legal team, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite …
NAIROBI, Kenya May 22 – NAIROBI, Kenya, May 22 — Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s legal team, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, has urged a three-judge bench to closely examine the legality and constitutional fairness of the impeachment process. …
… In his final submissions, Gachagua’s lawyer, Paul Muite, said that, on the contrary, scrutiny of the Hansard would show that Mutuse relied on unsubstantiated claims to support the impeachment motion. …
… Lead Counsel for Gachagua, Senior Counsel Paul Muite, pressed Dr. Gikonyo to clarify whether he had played any role in keeping the former deputy president away from public and parliamentary scrutiny under the cover of medical treatment. …
… Gachagua’s legal team, led by Senior Counsel Paul Muite, has since abandoned its request for reinstatement and is now seeking compensation, damages and loss of earnings amounting to more than KSh450 million.
… They include human and civil rights lawyer Senior Counsel Paul Muite, former Supreme Court Justice JB Ojwang, former Nation boss Linus Gitahi, internationally renowned scientist Prof Frank Njoroge, and politicians Moses Kuria and Murang'a Governor Irungu Kangata. …
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will not accept the Sh50 million compensation awarded by the High Court for violation of his constitutional rights during his impeachment, his lawyer has clarified. The decision comes as Gachagua has filed a notice of appeal challenging the High Court judgment that upheld his impeachment while preserving several findings in his favour, including the damages award.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will not accept the Sh50 million compensation awarded by the High Court for violation of his constitutional rights during his impeachment, his lawyer has clarified. The decision comes as Gachagua has filed a notice of appeal challenging the High Court judgment that upheld his impeachment while preserving several findings in his favour, including the damages award.
Former Chief Justice David Maraga says the High Court's judgment on the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was flawed because it found his right to a fair hearing was violated but awarded him Ksh.50 million compensation rather than annulling the impeachment. Maraga argues that violating the constitutional right to a fair hearing should have resulted in nullifying the Senate's impeachment decision.
The Senate has begun filing an appeal against a High Court ruling that granted former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua a Sh 50 million award after finding his rights were violated during his 2024 ouster. Speaker Amason Kingi instructed Senate lawyers to challenge the ruling, arguing that while the court faulted the Senate for violating Gachagua's rights, it did not account for the circumstances of the impeachment proceedings, including the former Deputy President's absence on the final day.
The High Court upheld former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment and ordered the Senate to pay him Ksh.50 million in constitutional damages for violating his right to a fair trial. Gachagua rejected the award, saying he pursued justice rather than money and claiming he had previously declined a Ksh.2 billion offer from President Ruto to resign.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed a High Court's Sh50 million damages award for violation of his right to fair hearing in his impeachment case as "an insult," saying the judgment itself confirmed his impeachment process violated his constitutional rights and should have been nullified. He has instructed his legal team to move to the Court of Appeal, arguing that constitutional supremacy rather than monetary compensation was at stake.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's lawyer Paul Muite urged a three-judge bench to scrutinize the legality and constitutional fairness of the impeachment process conducted in October 2024, arguing that constitutional and procedural requirements were not fully adhered to. The court is set to deliver judgment on June 8 on the petition challenging the impeachment process.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua told the High Court that the Attorney General and Senate sought to avoid reopening October 17, 2024 events to prevent judges from finding his accuser, Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse, had no evidence against him. Gachagua's lawyer argued that scrutiny of the Hansard would show Mutuse relied on unsubstantiated claims for the impeachment motion.
Petitioners challenging the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua presented final submissions before a High Court bench. Key disputes centered on medical testimony from a cardiologist, including questions about patient identification records and allegations he helped shield Gachagua from Senate proceedings.
During High Court proceedings in the impeachment case against former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Kirinyaga Woman Representative Advocate Njeri Maina accused the National Assembly's lawyer Moses Kipkogei of making claims unsupported by his affidavit, challenging his submissions about the public participation exercise in the impeachment process.
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Cardiologist Dr. Daniel Gikonyo denied allegations during cross-examination that he helped hide former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in hospital during his impeachment trial to shield him from Senate proceedings. Dr. Gikonyo insisted his treatment was purely medical and supported by hospital records from Karen Hospital.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua appeared before a three-judge bench at the Milimani Law Courts on May 7 to challenge his impeachment from office, arguing the October 2024 process was unconstitutional and irregular. Gachagua abandoned his prayer for reinstatement and instead sought compensation and declarations that the impeachment violated the Constitution and legal procedures.
A three-judge High Court bench has resumed hearing a case challenging the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. His legal team argues that the National Assembly failed to conduct meaningful public participation before approving the impeachment motion, with lawyers contesting that the motion lacked sufficient detail for citizens to make informed submissions and questioning whether the claimed 30,000 public submissions within two days was realistic.
The hearing of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment petition has been adjourned to May 7–8, 2026, after Presiding Judge Eric Ogolla said the three-judge bench could not be properly constituted because Justice Anthony Mrima will be participating in an interview process to fill a Supreme Court vacancy. Gachagua's legal team said he no longer seeks reinstatement but instead compensation for lost remuneration and damages, arguing the impeachment process was unconstitutional and irregular.
Senior Counsel Paul Muite told the High Court that the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was deliberately rushed and pre-arranged to avoid constitutional scrutiny, pointing to the late-night transmission of the Assembly's resolution to the Senate and the Speaker's advance notice of a sitting before the Senate had concluded its role.
Paul Muite, lead counsel for former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, told the High Court that Parliament treated the impeachment as a vote of no confidence typical of parliamentary systems, when Kenya operates under a presidential model where a Deputy President cannot be removed simply because lawmakers have the numbers.
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has abandoned his court petition seeking reinstatement and now seeks compensation for remuneration, damages, and losses, arguing his impeachment violated the Constitution and legal procedures.