The High Court of Kenya delivered its judgment today in petitions challenging the October 2024 impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
- A three-judge bench - Justices Eric Ogola, Anthony Mrima, and Freda Mugambi - presided over the ruling at Milimani Law Courts, Nairobi.
- The court upheld Gachagua's removal from office, affirming the constitutional validity of the impeachment process.
- Both the National Assembly and the Senate were found to have acted within their constitutional mandate and followed due process.
- Claims that Gachagua was denied a fair hearing were rejected by the bench.
- Challenges to the adequacy of public participation were dismissed; Parliament was found to have met the required constitutional threshold.
- Gachagua's removal from office, and the transition that followed, remains valid in law.
- Gachagua, the first sitting Deputy President in Kenya's history to be impeached, had challenged the process on 18 grounds.
