Ruto’s Lawyers Drop Out of Gachagua Impeachment Case
Ruto’s Lawyers Drop Out of Gachagua Impeachment Case arguing that the Head of State’s appearance was inconsistent with the law.
Ruto’s lawyer Kamotho Njenga referenced a previous Supreme Court judgement that ruled that the president could not be enjoined in any legal proceedings such as the one filed by the former deputy president.
Njenga informed the court that a notice had already been filed seeking to remove President William Ruto from further participation in the case. Ruto had been listed as the sixth respondent.
“My Lord with your kind permission, I wish to bring to the attention of the court that we shall no longer action for the sixth respondent in this matter and to that effect we have filed a notice to cease acting on account of the Supreme court decision that determined that the president cannot be subject to civil proceedings,” noted Kamotho Njenga.
“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”