Months after his dramatic ouster, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment remains a hot-button issue.
Just recently, President William Ruto denied claims that he initiated the plan to impeach Gachagua. Ruto said he twice attempted to dissuade MPs from tabling the motion but was ultimately overruled, adding that the legislators were determined to proceed with or without his support.
While he failed to fully explain what unfolded within his party leading to the impeachment, Ruto described the breakdown of their political alliance, attributing it to Gachagua's frequent conflicts with government officials.
However, former UDA Secretary-General Cleophas Malala has now offered deeper insight. According to him, the process began within the Party and was already in motion long before his own ouster. Malala's reluctance to back the impeachment, he says, cost him his position and eventually led to Gachagua's removal. "I personally advised him, as the Secretary General, that the impeachment is not good for us politically.
