Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa has said the recent removal of Rigathi Gachagua as Deputy President has sent a warning to leaders who issue inflammatory statements.
He explained that the impeachment of Gachagua has shown that what leaders utter in public could destroy them.
“The talk of shares is no more. We want a country that will not discriminate on the basis of where that person has come from,” he explained.
Speaking at a function in Bungoma County, on Saturday Barasa added that the impeachment of the Deputy President was a historical moment in the country.
In a historic move, the Senate voted to impeach Gachagua on five of 11 charges, the ouster motion was overwhelmingly approved by the National Assembly last week.
Gachagua was found guilty on charges of "gross violation" of the constitution, including threatening judges and practicing ethnically divisive politics, but cleared of others including corruption and money laundering.
Gachagua had denied all allegations against him and claimed he was being treated like a "spent cartridge."
On the first charge of gross violation of the Constitution, where the Deputy President was accused of persistently making utterances that threatened to discriminate and exclude Kenyans, the Senate upheld the charge, with 53 senators voting in support and 13 voting against.
On the fourth charge, accusing him of undermining judicial independence through public attacks on a judge, 51 senators found him guilty, while 16 opposed.
On the sixth charge, related to inflammatory public utterances violating the National Cohesion and Integration Act, 48 senators upheld it, while 18 voted against it.
Barasa said leaders with a habit of making divisive statements have their days numbered.
“I found myself in Kimilili because my mother was married there. If she would have been married in Maasai land, I would have been a Maasai,” he said.
He further said public servants should use the positions they hold for the benefit of the people.
Interestingly, Barasa advised those who do not have jobs not to despair.