Nairobi, May 8 -- Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has been dealt a blow after the select committee considering his impeachment dismissed preliminary objections raised by his lawyer Muthomi Thionkalu on the admissibility of the case.

Mr Linturi's legal team argued that the impeachment motion was supported by a flawed affidavit.

Committee chairperson Naomi Waqo dismissed the objection, saying the Speaker of the National Assembly had already admitted the affidavit when he passed the motion, so the committee could not deal with the admissibility of the affidavit.

"The committee dismissed the objection that the affidavit of the motion was defective," Ms Waqo said.

Mr Linturi suffered another blow after his objection to callin...