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Parliamentary 'mob lynching' confirms we are on our own

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DP Rigathi Gachagua's circumstances today should be a reminder to all people in authority that power is transient, and tomorrow it will be you; Martha Karua. [DPCS]

This week, the country witnessed the first impeachment of a deputy president of the republic by the National Assembly through a process that can only, at best, be described as a charade.

Although the process is enshrined in the constitution of Kenya under articles 145 and 150, it was disheartening to see the National Assembly degrade itself into a lynch mob.

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