Gachagua says probe linking allies to GenZ protests is part of impeachment plot
Political tensions in the Kenya Kwanza government went a notch higher on Thursday with Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua accusing President William Ruto of using the criminal justice system to push for his impeachment, and manage politics— contrary to a promise he made during 2022 election campaigns.
Mr Gachagua’s accusation came after it emerged that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was seeking to have sitting and former MPs allied to the DP and a number of his staff charged over June anti-government protests.
In a letter to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), DCI’s Abdalla Komesha stated that their investigations revealed that Embakasi North MP James Gakuya and Embakasi Central MP Benjamin Gathiru MejjaDonk had a hand in the demonstrations.
Others implicated in the case include former Embakasi West MP George Theuri, former Nyeri Town MP Wambugu Ngunjiri, and Mr Gachagua’s private secretary Pius Munene.
The protests that lasted a month were to later turn chaotic with looting, arson and physical violence that in turn were responded to by police through extrajudicial killings, abductions, enforced disappearances and persecutions.
At least 60 people were killed and more than 1,200 injured in the clashes that saw invasion of Parliament by mobs, according to reports by human rights lobbies.
“The Director, Directorate of Criminal Investigations, received intelligence reports of planning, mobilising and financing of violent protests that were witnessed in the country on 25th June and subsequent days where Benjamin Gathiru Mwangi and James Gakuya among others were implicated following several meetings that took place at Hotel Boulevard within Nairobi,” the letter dated September 24 reads in part.
The DCI has proposed three charges against the lawmakers— including conspiracy to commit a felony, soliciting or inciting others to commit an offense, and money laundering, contrary to Sections 3, 4, and 7 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act.
In a statement on social media platforms, Mr Gachagua alleged that Dr Ruto and Cabinet secretaries close to the president were using DCI and the office of the DPP to haunt him out of government.
“The use of the criminal justice system to manage politics is an outdated political strategy that was used in the past. I am embarrassed that we are back to where we were. Harassment of my Office staff and Members of Parliament perceived to be close to me, has been going on for the last two months,” Mr Gachagua said.
“This evil scheme is to associate them with violent demonstrations that took place in late June, in a futile attempt to soil my name and hopefully create grounds for the mooted impeachment proceedings against me,” he said.
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