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Thinning choices for Gachagua as impeachment reality hits home

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua attended a sunday service at ACK St Patrick's Kayole in Nairobi County. [DPCS]

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is a man stuck between a rock and a hard place. There are dire consequences which could kill his political career whichever option he takes.

Now that an estimated 142 Members of Parliament have appended their signatures to a motion intended to impeach him, the Deputy President has only two options: resign and live to fight another day or brave the impeachment and hope that in the event he is sent home, he will find reprieve in court.

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