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Nyeri residents react to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua impeachment plan during the public participation on October 4, 2024. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza administration’s efforts to rally public support for the impeachment bid against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua ran into hurdles after yesterday’s public participation exercises turned chaotic as proponents ran into hostile grounds in several counties.

What would have been an expression of views from Kenyans over Gachagua’s conduct, turned into a disapproval of President William Ruto’s leadership in Mount Kenya, Western, parts of Rift Valley, and parts of Nyanza.

Residents described the exercise as a move in futility and a misplaced priority for a country that is grappling with several woes and controversies that are yet to be resolved.

In some places, angry youths stormed the venue of the public participation exercises and demanded its stop, arguing that an impeachment motion should have included the President himself. Others expressed pessimism over the prospects of their views being considered in the final report, arguing that the exercise was predetermined.

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