Meru MCAs are set to table a second impeachment notice against Governor Kawira Mwangaza this morning, December 6, just days after the Meru High Court suspended the first.
According to the order paper for the morning sitting of December 6, Abogeta West MCA Dennis Kiogora, who is also the minority whip, is expected to give the seven-day notice for the impeachment debate.
The governor is accused of nepotism, illegal appointments, illegal dismissals, usurpation of constitutional and statutory functions, incitement, bullying, vilification, and misleading campaigns against other leaders.
Other allegations include forcible entry into the assembly and the mobilization of unlawful riots against MCAs, violations of public finance management laws, and misconduct in the nomination of CECs.
Mwangaza was successful in having the first impeachment motion quashed, arguing that allowing the motion to proceed would be unfair to her because her fate was already sealed because it had the support of 68 of the assembly’s 69 MCAs.
The county boss alleges the impeachment proceedings are prejudiced and calls the plan a “sham process that is maliciously carried out in a secretive way constituting a flagrant subversion of the Constitution and the majority desire of the citizens of Meru County.”
Despite numerous attempts to mediate a resolution, the rivalry between Governor Mwangaza and the MCAs has worsened.
The standoff between MCAs and Ms Mwangaza has seen each side maintain a hard stance until recently when the governor climbed down and made a public apology.
“Please come and let us reason together. Let us hold hands and work together. We should not waste more time because it cannot be recovered,” Governor Mwangaza said.
Following the court ruling, Mwangaza led a crowd in saying sorry 70 times representing every member of the county assembly, but the latest move by the MCAs indicates her appeals fell on deaf ears.
Mwangaza has also sought the intervention of President William Ruto.
