End wrangles and stop impeachment talk, Sapit tells Ruto and Gachagua

Anglican Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has called for dialogue between President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua.

This comes at a time when there are talks to impeach Gachagua by MPs.

Those behind the impeachment plot have cited alleged gross misconduct on the DP's side, which they say undermines the dignity of his office.

Speaking on Thursday, Sapit said that such talks take the country into a campaign mode, saying Kenyans are not ready for that phase at the moment.

"Every other time we disagree within the presidency it makes the presidency dysfunctional. What we are beginning to see is a dysfunctional presidency where the President and the Deputy President are pitting against each other," he said.

The Anglican archbishop instead called on the two parties to sit down and dialogue to calm the country.

"Ours is a call for the dialogue. Impeachment is not a solution, and I don't think we have a constitutional framework because the kind of presidency we have today is a joint presidency where the president and the deputy are elected in the same election vote. I don't think an impeachment is the way forward," Sapit said.

"As the church, we don't advocate for the impeachment; we ask those who are advocating for it to embrace dialogue, and we call upon the two to sit the way they sat and agreed to walk together so that Kenya is not put in the kind of division that they are putting it today."

Last week during a TV interview at his official residence in Karen, Gachagua revealed reasons why a section of leaders wants him out of office.

The DP claimed he is being attacked due to his nature of being truthful, and alleged that some leaders have been coerced to fight him.

"They say that I'm high-headed, that I'm too people-centred, and that I listen to people too much. That I'm tasking people to listen to what Kenyans are saying, I don't think it is a crime," he said during the interview with Citizen TV.