Lawyer Nelson Havi has suggested that President William Ruto should dissolve the National Assembly and reconstitute a new legislative arm. He argued that the impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has exposed the government’s frail structure, rendering it incapable of executing its mandate in its current form.
“You have dismembered the neck from the body and torso, and it is a good thing because evidently, this structure has failed. It must be repaired or a new structure put in place,” Havi said in an interview with Citizen TV on Wednesday. “You must disband Parliament, otherwise, the gangrene growing from the toes will spread to the heart.”
Havi expressed concern that Parliament’s decision to oust Gachagua would be detrimental to President Ruto’s ability to govern effectively. He emphasized the need for the President to act quickly to restore confidence in his leadership. “When the ship is sinking, the captain will be the last to leave. The person left to annihilate this government will be the President. He should not wait for this matter to reach the Senate,” he stated.
The impeachment of Gachagua took place on Tuesday after a day-long session, with 281 MPs voting in favor, 44 against, and one abstaining. The Special Motion listed 11 charges against the Deputy President, including gross violation of the Constitution, undermining the President and the Cabinet, attacking judicial independence, making inciteful statements, committing economic crimes, and persistently bullying State and public officers.
The matter has now been forwarded to the Senate to decide Gachagua’s fate.
