Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said that his apology to President William Ruto should not be mistaken for an admission of guilt.
Gachagua on Sunday apologised to the President and Members of Parliament saying his intention has never been to disappoint anyone.
In an address to the nation on Monday, Gachagua said the move to apologise to the President was to clear anything he might have done unknowingly that upset him.
He noted that the President had not reached out to him to explain anything that he had done wrong.
“I want to clarify that my apology to President William Ruto did not in any way imply that I am guilty of these charges. I’m not, this I’m not. My statement was that if there is anything that I have done to the President that I don’t know and has probably upset him, I ask for his forgiveness.” Gachagua said.
“That was in no way an admission of this ridiculous allegation meant to overturn the will of the people.”
The DP said that the grounds for his impeachment do not meet the threshold assuring that he will appear before Parliament with evidence to clear his name.
The DP said that overturning the will of the people is against the constitution adding that the grounds for his impeachment do not meet the threshold for his impeachment.
During his Sunday address, the DP also sought forgiveness for his spouse Pastor Dorcas Gachagua.
"To my brother President William Ruto, if in our zeal and commitment to work I have wronged you, please find it in your heart to forgive me. If my spouse Pastor Dorcas in her duties for the boy child has wronged you in any way, find it in your heart to forgive her," Gachagua said.
The DP also passed the same message to MPs in which he sought their forgiveness in the event they were harangued by his remarks or actions.
“To our members of Parliament, if in the course of duty, through our utterances and actions, we have in one way or another upset you, or wronged you, find it in your heart to forgive me,” he said.
The National Assembly will on Tuesday debate and vote against the impeachment motion facing the DP.
The motion was filed by Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse.