Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has defended her decision to eject MCAs from a Whatsapp group saying she holds veto powers to do so as the group admin.
In a press statement on Monday, the first-time governor said she saw no need for the group since members were not on good terms.
"How do you stay in the same group na hamsikizani?" she posed.
"Ukiona group haifanyi kazi na hampelekani, then unaleft (If the group is not serving its purpose and people are not on good terms, then you leave)," she added.
The governor further said that her actions are not of corrupt nature to warrant the involvement of the EACC.
She said the creation of the group was a local arrangement and the end of its existence should remain as such.
"Huwezi enda kupeleka mtu EACC kwa sababu ameremove ama ameleft kwa group (You can't report someone to the EACC because he removed you or left a group)," she said.
The governor who was elected to the position on an Independent ticket is at loggerheads with the county reps over the ward fund which she has refused to approve.
She remained unmoved over claims that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission was on her neck over her leadership in the county.
Mwangaza said she will not respond to such allegations until the Commission makes a formal communication to her office.
The issue with the EACC emerges from her alleged directive for county employees to further the interests of a TV station owned by her spouse.
The county reps have also faulted her for appointing her husband Baichu Murega to a public office as County Youth Patron and hustlers' ambassador.
Kawira said all these are part of a scheme by the MCAs to manipulate her into giving in to their demands.
"Hiyo kasumba kwamba watu wanachimbiana mashimo, mimi naye sitakubali (I won't partake in the culture where people blackmail each other)," she said with an affirmation that she won't be intimidated into stealing public funds.
"I'm not ready to pocket even a single coin that belongs to mwananchi wa kawaida," she said.
