Kenya Court Refers Deputy Presidents Impeachment Case To Cj

Kenyas high court ruled on Friday that a case challenging Deputy President Rigathi Gachaguas impeachment should be referred to the Chief Justice .

Kenyas parliament voted on Tuesday to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including enriching himself and stirring ethnic hatred. The deputy president denied all the allegations and said the case was absurd.

The Senate will debate the charges and vote on wheth er to dismiss him next week.

Gachagua has said the impeachment motion was based on falsehoods that constituted a choreographed political lynching, according to the court documents seen by Reuters.

Justice Lawrence Mugambi called on the chief justice to create a panel of three judges to examine Gachaguas petition, citing high public interest in the case .