By John Mutiso
The Senate has today convened to hear the impeachment charges brought against Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo.
The sitting follows a gazette notice issued by Senate Speaker Amason Kingi confirming that the session would take place on Thursday, November 27, at 2:30 p.m.
In the notice, he outlined the constitutional and legal provisions guiding the sitting, affirming that the House is meeting specifically to consider the charges levelled against the governor.
“Pursuant to Article 181 of the Constitution, section 33 (3) (a) of the County Governments Act and Standing Order 80 (1) (a) of the Senate Standing Orders, I appoint the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 27th November, 2025, at 2.30 p.m. as the sitting convened for the purpose of hearing the charges in the matter of the proposed removal from office, by impeachment, of Hon. Amos Kimwomi Nyaribo, the Governor of Nyamira County,” the notice read.
Nyaribo was impeached on Tuesday, November 25.
23 Members of the County Assembly voted to remove him from office, on charges including abuse of office and gross violation of the Constitution.
In a session attended by 28 MCAs, with 12 others staying away, twenty-three ward representatives voted in favour of the impeachment motion sponsored by Bonyamatuta MCA Julius Kimwomi Matwere.
Four MCAs had submitted written requests to the Speaker asking to be included in the vote count.
The impeachment motion centers on serious allegations of misconduct, including abuse of office and gross violations of the Constitution and other laws.
These accusations echo previous attempts by the Assembly to remove Nyaribo from office.
“I wish to give notice of motion of removal of Honorable Amos Nyaribo, the governor of Nyamira county, from office by way of impeachment on the following grounds: gross violation of the constitution of Kenya and other laws, abuse of office,” Kimwomi stated when he first tabled the motion during a special sitting on November 17, 2025.
The Assembly had made numerous attempts to unseat the governor over the past two years, with accusations ranging from mismanagement and nepotism to failure to remit statutory deductions.
Previous impeachment efforts in 2024 and 2025 came remarkably close to succeeding, falling short by just a single vote on multiple occasions.
