Supreme Court limits Gachagua appeal to bench empanelment

Supreme Court slams the brakes on side fights, keeps impeachment alive, and narrows the battle to who picked which judges.

Scope of the Supreme Court ruling

• The Supreme Court limits review to High Court bench empanelment.
• Chief Justice Martha Koome leads a five-judge bench.
• The impeachment merits stay outside this ruling.
• High Court proceedings keep moving.

Applications and who loses

• Rigathi Gachagua asks to freeze High Court action.
• The Supreme Court says it only stays Court of Appeal cases.
• The National Assembly seeks to kill a cross-appeal.
• The Court rejects summary dismissals on both sides.

Appeals and records fight

• The National Assembly appeal survives for full review.
• Rigathi Gachagua seeks to purge appeal documents.
• The Supreme Court keeps the documents as essential.
• Both lower courts rely on the same materials.

Impeachment status and politics

• The Senate votes to remove Rigathi Gachagua.
• The National Assembly backs William Ruto's nominee, Kithure Kindiki.
• Justice Chacha Mwita pauses the implementation briefly.
• Multiple cases consolidated around the ouster.

Bench empanelment dispute

• Rigathi Gachagua challenges who forms the High Court bench.
• The Court of Appeal sides with his team on delegation limits.
• Chief Justice Martha Koome later reappoints the same judges.
• The High Court continues with Justices Eric Ogola, Anthony Mrima, and Fridah Mugambi.