A man filed a petition before the Senate seeking amendments to the Constitution to address what he termed as legal gaps in the process of removing and replacing a Deputy President.
In the petition dated Tuesday, May 13, a private citizen urged that in the event an impeached Deputy President has challenged the action in court, the President should be barred from appointing their replacement until that case is heard and determined. "The legislators should amend the law to bar the president from nominating an individual to replace an impeached Deputy President until a suit filed challenging the impeachment is determined," the petitioner said.
According to the petitioner, the law change should also ensure that the swearing of any individual as a replacement for an impeached Deputy President is stopped until the case by the removed DP is determined. Entrance to the Senate chambers in Nairobi.
Mzalendo According to the application, the law should further be amended to allow an impeached Deputy President to continue serving until their dismissal is upheld by the court.
