‘Stop Trivializing Weighty Issues!’ – Kindiki Hits Back At Gachagua Over CJ Koome’s Removal
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has joined the discussion over the impeachment of Chief Justice Martha Koome and other Supreme Court judges.
Kindiki’s statement came just one day after his predecessor, Rigathi Gachagua, unleashed a stinging attack on President William Ruto over the same subject.
The DP stated that the process of removing a judge was constitutional, not political.
In a veiled attack on Gachagua, the DP asked who would defend judges accused of misbehavior who lacked ‘ethnic godfathers’ to back them up.
Removal of a judge from office is purely a constitutional matter and not a political or ethnic issue.
— Kithure Kindiki (@KindikiKithure) February 24, 2025
Accusers and defenders of judges must use constitutional and legal arguments to state their positions rather than trivializing such a weighty legal matter by bringing in…
“Removal of a judge from office is purely a constitutional matter and not a political or ethnic issue,” Kindiki stated.
“Accusers and defenders of judges must use constitutional and legal arguments to state their positions rather than trivializing such a weighty legal matter by bringing ethnicity into the equation. Who defends the judges who may be innocent but do not have ethnic godfathers?”
Gachagua’s emotional presentation in Meru over the purported plan by President Ruto to topple CJ Koome has subsequently sparked a lot of replies, rekindling the debate.
Gachagua criticizes Kindiki over misuse of public resources, calls for development focus pic.twitter.com/hBNWSMgwsf
— K24 TV (@K24Tv) February 24, 2025
Speaking in Meru, the former DP announced that if the Chief Justice was ousted from office, he would organize protests.
He accused the President of attempting to eliminate all Mount Kenya leaders who aided his rise to prominence.
For months, former Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi, along with other prominent advocates such as Ahmednarrir Abdullahi, has advocated for the supreme court’s makeover and the dismissal of CJ Koome and its other six judges.
Havi also chastised Gachagua for insulting the President in his speech. Instead, he encouraged the former DP to attack him because it was ‘his war’.
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“Why is Rigathi Gachagua threatening President William Ruto over the removal of the recalcitrant Martha Koome from office?” Havi asked.
“Let him threaten and order protests against me. I have been consistent on the unsuitability of Koome from the day she applied for the office of CJ. It is my war.”
So far, all efforts to unseat Koome have failed. However, motions to remove the seven have already been filed.
Both the High Courts of Narok and Nairobi have imposed conservatory orders, preventing the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) from acting on any of the petitions.
‘Stop Trivializing Weighty Issues!’ – Kindiki Hits Back At Gachagua Over CJ Koome’s Removal
