William Ruto
President William Ruto’s Lawyer Adrian Kamotho Njenga announced that he had withdrawn from Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment case.
Speaking on Thursday, October 24, Njenga said that President Ruto cannot be subjected to civil proceedings.
In his argument, Njenga referred to an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court that declared that the President could not be enjoined in any legal proceedings.
“We shall no longer be acting for the sixth respondent of this matter and to that effect, we have filed a notice to cease action on account of the Supreme Court decision, that determined that the President cannot be subject to civil proceedings,” Njenga said.
He continued “So in that regard, we will not be able to act contrary to an express court order and we have therefore filed a notice to cease acting and we ask the court to deem that to be a sufficient notice that the person named as the sixth person is now not represented in these proceedings.”
President Ruto had been listed as the 6th respondent in the petition filed by impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua challenging his removal from office.
On Tuesday, Ruto through his lawyer protested the decision by the High Court to hear the case on the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua.
He argued that the High Court had no powers to hear such a case and that the matter should be a preserve of the Supreme Court.
“The Petition herein filed in this Honorable Court in clear disregard of the law is a misuse of the due process of court, hence cannot be countenanced and determined by this Honorable Court,” Ruto’s lawyer told the court.
Gachagua had sued the Speaker of the National Assembly and the Senate, as well as the respective houses, over the procedure followed during the impeachment.
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