The National Assembly announced an extension of the public participation exercise regarding the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Friday.
This decision follows a directive from the High Court in Kerugoya, Kirinyaga County, which instructed the Speaker Moses Wetangula-led House to gather public input from all constituencies.
According to the court, the National Assembly should organize public hearings closer to citizens, at least at the constituency level, to enable constituents of Members of Parliament involved in the impeachment process to engage and participate in hearings or any other suitable methods for offering their representations.
“It is notified to the general public that…. Further to the public participation exercise which commenced on 2nd October, 2024, and the collection of views across the Venues and Constituency/County Women Representative Offices on 4th October, 2024, the 290 Constituency Offices and 47 County Women Representative Offices of all Members of the National Assembly, which are offices under the Parliamentary Service Commission, shall remain open on Saturday, 5th October,2024 from 8.00 am to 5.00pm to facilitate further public participation on the Special Motion,” National Assembly Clerk Samuel Njoroge confirmed in a statement.
“Members of the public may submit their views relating to the Special Motion to the aforesaid respective Constituency/County Women Representative Offices for onward transmission to the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly,”Njoroge added
At the same time, the Clerk stated that members of the public may also continue forwarding their views to his office via post, email, or hand delivery to be received by Saturday, 5th October 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
