Gladys Boss Shollei, the Woman Representative for Uasin Gishu County, has defended her remarks against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, in which she stated her intention to take charge of the impeachment process to ensure he leaves office.
Speaking during the impeachment debate in the National Assembly, the MP stated that she was speaking as a Member of Parliament for Uasin Gishu County, not as the Assembly’s Deputy Speaker.
She disputed charges of prejudice based on her position in Parliament, noting that she has a mandate to express her opinions as an MP.
“I want to confirm that I’m not biased at all. When I made those statements, I made them as MP for Uasin Gishu and not as a Deputy Speaker sitting on the chair. You can only accuse me of bias if I make those statements from the speaker’s chair,” she said.
“I am first an MP before I am Deputy speaker. If the law contemplates a situation where I am gagged as Deputy speaker I would have been expected then by that law to resign like that the substantive does on that case.”
She also accused Gachagua of treason for undermining the president during past rallies.
The MP referenced a recent rally in Githurai where Former Laikipia Woman Representative Cate Waruguru said that President William Ruto and the MPs behind the DP’s impeachment motion would go home in 2027.
“During the rally in Githurai which was presided over by the DP, he was involved in leading chants saying Ruto must go and is a one-term president. He never denounced those statements. What that amounts to is that he is guilty of treason and other offences,” Boss claimed.
“During his appearance in church in Meru, the DP insinuated that if he’s removed, the tribes of Kenya native to the Mt Kenya will revolt and be violent. Again that is treason and other allied offences,” she added.
While supporting the motion, Boss criticised the second in command for disclosing details of the Kenya Kwanza pre-election pact, claiming that it breached the parties’ Non-Disclosure Agreements.
During Monday’s media briefing, Gachagua revealed the agreements he had made to defend himself against tribalism claims based on his shareholder remarks.
The DP questioned why he was being labelled a tribalist when parties had agreed to a shareholding accord if Kenya Kwanza won the 2022 election.
Boss described the remarks as ‘unbecoming’ of a person holding the second highest position in government.
“As late as yesterday, If I had any doubt that he must be impeached, he made it very clear. He went to disclose details of the Kenya Kwanza pre-election pact. This is contrary to the Non-disclosure agreement signed by parties,” she noted.
“Without due regard to these clauses and without seeking consensus from other principals who are parties to those pact, he went on to sing like a parrot on national TV. That is unbecoming behaviour of a person who holds an office as high as that of a deputy president.”
