The Nyeri Court of Appeal declined to bar the Meru County Assembly from debating Governor Kawira Mwangaza’s ouster motion.
The governor had gone to the Court of Appeal to challenge the Meru High Court’s decision to prevent the assembly from debating her removal from office, claiming that the matter was not urgent.
Justice Aggrey Muchelure and two other judges on Wednesday moved the ruling of the matter to October 27.
One of the county assembly’s lawyers, Marius Maranya, argued that the court, as a constitutional organ, did not have the authority to prevent another constitutional organ, the assembly, from carrying out its mandate.
He claimed that if the impeachment process was postponed, it could not be completed on another day.
The assembly is currently debating an impeachment motion tabled before it by the majority Evans Mawira Karia, who has listed seven grounds for impeaching the governor.
Among the grounds for impeachment are misuse of public funds, gross misconduct, and contempt of the county assembly and court.
