A court has barred an impeachment motion tabled by Meru MCAs against Governor Kawira Mwangaza.
The ruling was made by Justice Wamae Cherere who said the motion did not follow the correct procedure in initiating an ouster bid against the governor.
"I'm guided by the principle that a party, such as a petitioner, is not required to suffer illegality or breach of her rights and resultant injustice on the solace that her grievance would be remedy either by the Assembly and the Senate," she said.
She said it is a singular authority of the court to deal with threatened violations before they happen.
"Upon considering the application and preliminary objection and after hearing the presentations of the council, this court finds that the procedure adopted by the respondent to process the proposed motion of impeachment is flawed and has the effect of violating her constitutional rights," she ruled.
She prohibited the respondents from discussing, debating or in any way dealing with the impeachment motion against the petitioner.
"Under the powers donated in this court by Article 23(3) of the constitution, it is therefore ordered that the impeachment motion dated November 21, 2022, by Members of the first respondent scheduled for debate on the November 30 is flawed."
