Why I voted impeaching DP Rigathi Gachagua | Senator Samson Cherargei

Опубликовано: 01 Январь 1970
на канале: The Kenyan Historian

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Kenyan senators voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital.

In one of the most dramatic days in Kenya's recent political history, Gachagua was to appear in the Senate to defend himself.

However, Gachagua, popularly known as Riggy G, did not show up and his lawyer requested a postponement saying his client was suffering from chest pains and was being treated by doctors at The Karen Hospital.

Senators chose to continue the trial without him, prompting the defence team to leave the chamber.