Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has once again drawn public attention after delivering a colourful and humorous analogy during his media address on June 9, 2026, in which he weighed in on the High Court ruling that awarded him KSh 50 million in damages but upheld his impeachment.

Gachagua, who has been vocal since the judgment, used a story allegedly told to him by a retired principal to simplify what he described as the contradictions in the court’s decision.

While the court found that his rights were violated during the Senate impeachment process, it also ruled that the impeachment itself remains valid.

“A retired principal called me last night listening to the judgement that my rights were violated but if the impeachment is vacated there will be a crisis because there will be 2 deputy presidents,” he said.

He went on to narrate the analogy in detail, comparing the legal process to a domestic dispute resolved unfairly.

“This lady who has gone to school summarized the whole argument in a very simple manner,” he said.

“She told me, it was like a man who wants to take your wife and organizes with the police to prefer false charges against you, conspires with the magistrate to have you imprisoned so that they can take your wife, and then you are imprisoned without fair trial.”

Gachagua continued, extending the analogy to the court outcome: “While serving your sentence you move to the high court to challenge the imprisonment and the judge comes to the conclusion that the imprisonment was unfair, it was wrong because he was not given fair hearing.”

However, he noted the contradiction he perceives in the ruling: “Then the judge goes to pronounce that he’s unable to release the prisoner because in his absence his wife was married by another man and if he releases that man to go back home, there will be a crisis in the village.”

He concluded the analogy with a sharp critique of the compensation remedy: “And then he tells the prisoner, let me look for some little money to give you, continue staying in prison so that the men who took your wife can continue enjoying in your matrimonial home.”

The remarks come amid ongoing political debate over the implications of the court ruling, which has effectively left Gachagua with a legal acknowledgment of rights violations but no reinstatement to office.

His comments are likely to further fuel discussion around the balance between constitutional remedies and political accountability in impeachment proceedings.