A youth leader on Friday filed a petition before the court seeking to stop the planned impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

In his petition, the youth leader urged the court to issue orders barring Members of Parliament from tabling any motion on the deputy president's impending impeachment.

The youth coordinator in his suit, claimed that there was no constitutional framework guiding the impeachment of a deputy president.

According to the petitioner, impeaching DP Gachagua would destabilise the functions of the executive and consequently hamper the country's development.

"We cannot allow the less fortunate, the people who are working for us to be impeached unconstitutionally. We will not allow the executive to be weakened," the petitioner claimed.

"I have filed a petition against this injustice which is about to happen in the parliament. My petition says there is no impeachment model of the deputy president."

The petitioner further accused the National Assembly of attempting to supersede its powers by contravening Article 150 of the Kenyan Constitution. 

"Parliament should now change from playing political gimmicks and should be serious in presenting us, we will be there to clamour for the justice of this nation," the petitioner claimed.

The petition comes even as the plot to impeach the second in command thickens with several Kenya Kwanza and Azimio coalition MPs endorsing the move.

Sources privy to the information revealed that over 116 legislators had already signed the notice supporting the deputy president's impeachment with several others anticipated to follow the suit.

Speaking during a recent gathering in Uasin Gishu County, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Gladys Boss vowed to ensure that DP Gachagua was ousted from the top government role. 

"I am putting Rigathi Gachagua on notice. You are going to be impeached and I am going to be in charge of your impeachment," Shollei stated as the crowd cheered her on.