President William Ruto put up a spirited fight on Monday to have a case filed to impeach him through a referendum thrown out.In his objection, his lawyer, Fred Ngatia, argued that Dr Ruto enjoyed immunity from criminal or civil cases until the end of his tenure.
Ngatia argued that the case filed by a group of 14 human rights activists and lawyers led by Cyprian Nyamwamu and Khelef Khalifa was leading the court to uncharted waters.
“I request you to hold and find this was a dangerous pass time. They had a day in court, and it should come to an end,” argued Ngatia.
On the other hand, Kibe Mungai said that the case was about to hold the president to account for runaway corruption, plunder of government resources, oppressive taxation, and extrajudicial killings of anti-government protesters over the high cost of living.According to Kibe, the power to elect the people can be exercised through a referendum, including kicking out a president.
By Kenyans