Murega Baichu, the husband of impeached Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza, has spoken out following the High Court’s decision to uphold her removal from office, delivering a significant blow to her bid to reclaim the county’s top seat.
Taking to his Facebook account on Friday, March 14, 2025, shortly after the ruling, Murega shared a message of faith, declaring they would still continue to trust in God despite how badly things could turn for them.
“Jehovah remains God regardless of our circumstances,” he posted.
Murega, who has been a vocal and unwavering supporter of his wife throughout her tenure and subsequent legal battle, had also accompanied her to the Milimani Law Courts for the much-anticipated ruling.
According to videos shared by their Meru-based television channel, Baite TV, he sat beside her throughout the court session and listened carefully as the proceedings unfolded.
Earlier in the morning, before the verdict was delivered, Murega appeared in high spirits, confidently striding into the courtroom alongside Mwangaza, smiling for the cameras and seemingly unfazed by the weight of the moment.
Court ruling
The ruling marked the climax of a protracted legal showdown that stemmed from the Senate’s decision in December 2024 to impeach Mwangaza—making her the first county governor in Kenya’s history to be removed from office twice.
In her petition challenging the ouster, she argued that the process had trampled on constitutional provisions, failed to meet the required legal threshold, and was executed in blatant defiance of a valid court order.
She further contended that the entire exercise was riddled with chaos, rendering it unlawful.
However, in its ruling on Friday, March 14, 2025, the High Court quashed her claims, asserting that the Senate had acted squarely within the confines of the law.
The three-judge bench ruled that the impeachment process had adhered to constitutional guidelines, ensuring Mwangaza was granted a fair hearing and due process. The court further determined that the Senate had not deliberately defied the court order issued earlier by the High Court in Meru and that Mwangaza had failed to prove that the proceedings had been tainted by bias or interference from other legal cases.
Delivering the judgement, Justice Bahati Mwamuye declared:
“Accordingly, the High Court sitting at Milimani issued the following orders: a) The amended petition dated December 23, 2024, which is the subject of the proceedings herein, is found to be without merit and is dismissed. The Gazette Notice No.10351 vol. CXXVI-No. 130 dated August 20, 2024, published on August 21, 2024, and issued by the Respondent, communicating the decision and/or resolution of the Senate to remove the Petitioner from office as the Governor of Meru County by way of impeachment, is affirmed for the purposes of these proceedings.”
