Three-Judge Bench Rejects Bid To Halt Rigathi Gachagua Impeachment Judgment

A high-profile three-judge bench of the High Court has dismissed an eleventh-hour application by constitutional lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui seeking to suspend the delivery of the highly anticipated judgment on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment petitions.

The bench, comprising Justices Eric Ogola, Freda Mugambi, and Anthony Mrima, ruled on Monday, June 8, 2026, that the application brought forward by Kinyanjui on behalf of his client, Enock Aura, lacked the legal standing to stop the court from reading its final verdict.

Drama in Court Over Last-Minute Court of Appeal Move

The courtroom scene grew tense when Lawyer Kinyanjui informed the judges that he had moved to the second-highest court in the land to block the day’s proceedings, urging the High Court bench to put down its pens.

“My lordships and my lady, I filed an application at the Court of Appeal seeking to arrest the delivery of the judgement of the consolidated petitions,” Kinyanjui submitted. “I suggest in constitutional authority of the Court of Appeal that you defer the rendering of this judgement; we can be heard tomorrow because we filed some submissions.”

“Show Us the Order or We Read” — Bench Fires Back

The judges flatly rejected the oral application, reprimanding the counsel for attempting to halt a scheduled constitutional judgment without a formal stay order from the appellate court.

Justice Eric Ogola, speaking on behalf of the bench, made it clear that the High Court would not act on mere notifications of filed applications.

“We have made a decision that you will not misrepresent facts; the matter is not before us. The Court of Appeal has cited that matter. If they wanted to stop us, we would drop our pens,” the bench ruled. “Give us a court order from the Court of Appeal, then we’ll drop our pen. We don’t have anything like that.”

You Separated Yourself From the Case

Furthermore, the judges reminded Lawyer Kinyanjui that his client had previously successfully applied to have his petition extracted and decoupled from the main consolidated Gachagua cases. By choosing an independent legal path, the bench noted, the petitioner had forfeited the right to interfere with the timing of the main judgment.

“You took yourself away from these petitions,” Justice Ogola stated firmly. “We said that your matter will be mentioned after today’s ruling, and for the record, and this is the last comment we are making on this issue. Your matter is coming for a mention on June 22.”

With the procedural roadblock cleared, the three-judge bench proceeded with the session to deliver its definitive constitutional ruling on the ouster of the former Deputy President.