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The heavy weights and wild cards in DP Gachagua's impeachment

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua arrives at the National Assembly building to defend an impeachment motion against him. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

At a time like this next week, Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua will be out of a job, if his impeachment will be upheld by the Senate next Thursday.

It is this reality that has set in motion intense jostling and lobbying for his position from those within and without government, with the list of contenders now standing at 12, according to highly placed sources.

While Gachagua is desperately fighting to rescue his career, President William Ruto is also agonising about who among his allies he will pick to fill the vacuum, if it arises.

These allies, who believe they have a fighting chance are now engaged in intense lobbying and have deployed several tactics including sponsoring opinion polls in an attempt to engineer people’s consent.