Petitioner seeks to delay landmark ruling on Gachagua impeachment amid legal arguments
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On Monday, June 8, petitioner Enock Aura, through his lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui, attempted to halt the delivery of a judgment concerning the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and the appointment of Deputy President Kithure Kindiki. Aura filed an urgent application with the Court of Appeal, seeking to stop the judgment in consolidated petitions. He argued that his separate constitutional petition was unfairly sidelined after the High Court allegedly altered a previously fixed hearing date. Kinyanjui informed the three-judge bench that an urgent application had been filed in the Court of Appeal to arrest the delivery of the judgment. Aura claims that the three-judge bench, comprising Justices Eric Ogola, Freda Mugambi, and Antony Mrima, unilaterally altered the hearing date of his petition. The judges, however, rejected the request, stating there was no legal basis to suspend the judgment as no court order had been issued. They also reminded the petitioner that his own application led to the separation of his petition from the consolidated impeachment cases. Kinyanjui countered this, stating that the deconsolidation order was made on May 29, 2025, with a hearing date of June 4, 2026. Aura's case raises issues such as the alleged withdrawal of signatures from Gachagua's impeachment motion and the claim that not all members of the National Assembly were present to vote, violating Article 1451 and 2 of the Constitution due to vacant constituencies.
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