‘Don’t fear’ – Gachagua calms Mt Kenya area down after exiting workplace – Folks Day by day

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, appealed to his base within the Mount Kenya area to desist from publicly expressing their dissatisfaction with the intrigues which adopted his removing from workplace.

Speaking through the send-off ceremony of Lucy Wambui who misplaced her life after creating problems following a botched surgical procedure, Gachagua mentioned the Mt Kenya area was distinctive and that their response to his impeachment had come as a shock to many within the nation.

“I want to tell the people of our region not to get worried. Many people are calling me asking what’s going to happen. Please don’t worry. Our community is very unique and many people are shocked,” Gachagua mentioned.

Adding: “They expected people to go to the streets, lighting bonfires, destroying vehicles and shouting. No, that is not who we are. These people don’t know us well. When we feel offended and we feel bad, we keep quiet. Keep quiet, say nothing; if you feel so strongly you must express yourself, then do it through song and dance.”

Gachagua’s destiny sealed

Gachagua’s destiny was sealed after a three-judge bench of Justices Freda Mugambi, Anthony Mrima and Eric Ogolla lifted court docket orders barring the swearing-in of the present Deputy President Kithure Kindiki following his nomination and approval by the National Assembly.

While Gachagua has but to disclose his subsequent course of authorized redress, he appealed to his Mt Kenya yard to stay optimistic even in his exclusion from the administration he helped propel to energy.

With a battery of greater than 20 legal professionals, Gachagua had constructed a sequence of circumstances within the battle for his spot on the helm of the Kenya Kwanza administration earlier than every of the circumstances have been dismissed.

Dragging court docket course of

At one level, the Justice Ogolla-led three-judge bench accused Gachagua’s lead counsel Paul Muite of trying to derail the court docket by delaying its processes.

Ogolla indicated that when the legal professionals sought conservatory orders, they licensed them as pressing however once they have been allotted time for hearings, they by no means dealt with them with urgency, opting that the circumstances drag for days.

“It is now apparent that the applicants no longer perceive the urgency in this matter. Instead, they see to cast aspersions on this court for addressing the matter with the necessary expedition,” Justice Ogolla mentioned on October 24, 2024.

Adding: “Such conduct is contradictory and undermines the very urgency that the applicants had initially invoked.”