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MPs who defied majority fear State plotting to punish them

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National Assembly during impeachment hearing of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on October 8, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Some of the MPs who supported Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua claim the State could be plotting to punish them. Some of them are already wanted men.

MPs James Gakuya (Embakasi North) and Benjamin Gathiru (Embakasi Central) are only free because they obtained court orders stopping the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Inspector General of Police, the Director of Public Prosecution and the Attorney General from charging them in connection with the protests that rocked the country on July and July.

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