Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale now says that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s Monday night interview was a decoy to get sympathy from the public over his looming ouster.
In a statement, Duale termed the interview a "falsehood presented as a defence".
“We have heard the Deputy President lay his case in public in what appeared to be in anticipation of tomorrow's National Assembly debate and voting on his impeachment Motion.
“Anyone who took time to go through the Special Motion and evidence tabled last week in the National Assembly can tell the interview was just a decoy to play in the public gallery, invite sympathy and invoke emotions. Simply put, it was bare falsehoods coloured as a Defence,” he said on X.
The CS called out Gachagua for claiming that he was elected by over seven million Kenyans when he was picked to vie alongside the president.
He insisted that the truth will be known on Tuesday (today) and that the process cannot be reversed, according to the National Assembly’s Standing Orders.
“Quite unfortunate to see a person who became Deputy President as a result of being nominated by the President as a running mate, chest thump that he was elected by 7.2 million Kenyans with no respect whatsoever for the nominating authority.
“Despite the show this evening, tomorrow we will know in black and white the truth… The die is cast and the process cannot be stopped by threats and interviews iced with falsehoods.”
On Monday, Gachagua held a two-hour national address over the events of the past few days that saw a motion presented in parliament for his impeachment.
The Deputy President denied all allegations levelled against him as he further explained his source of wealth, which has been included as evidence of his involvement in graft.
The motion is set to be debated at the National Assembly on Tuesday.