The public participation exercise on the impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was disrupted in Nakuru when several residents refused to participate.
The angry residents chased away the National Assembly clerks.
“No, this will not happen just leave. This will not happen here just leave,” the unruly crowd shouted.
Officials from the National Assembly tried to restore calm, but their efforts were futile, and they eventually left the NG-CDF hall.
Similarly, youths in other parts of Nakuru County took to the streets shouting, ‘Ruto must go,’ even as the exercise continued seamlessly in other parts of the country.
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Shortly after, the High Court ordered the National Assembly to conduct a second round of public participation in the impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
In his ruling on Thursday, Kerugoya Law Courts judge Justice Richard Mwongo deemed that the public participation stage must involve all Kenyans' views and should not be conducted as a formality.
The judge stated that every public participation process must be clear for the public to understand, have simple structures, offer a balanced influence from the public, and be inclusive and transparent.
He highlighted that the public must be informed beforehand of the process and subject.
As a result, he directed that the public participation, which kicked off on Friday, October 4, proceed as planned and be termed the first stage.
However, he directed another round of public participation at constituency levels to enable all Kenyans to offer their views.
"The Parliament shall organise similar public hearings closer to the citizens at least at the constituency level on each constituency in Kenya to enable the constituents of Members of Parliament responsible for the impeachment process nationally to engage level can participate and offer their representations," the ruling read in part.
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