Que sera, sera! (Whatever will be, will be).
This was the song that opened the Impeachment session of Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza's impeachment at the Senate.
Making the opening statement on behalf of the Meru County Assembly, leading counsel Muthomi Thiankolu said the Senate should act right by sending a 'rogue' governor home.
He claimed that after the first impeachment, Mwangaza adopted the slogan "kaende kaende " which she used publicly.
The counsel explained that the phrase kaende kaende is a sheng slang used in Nairobi to mean ' I don't care, whatever will be, will be, I'll do what I'll do.
"Even after lessons by one of the senators, the governor's mantra in persisting on this series of misconduct is I don't care, whatever will be, will be," Thiankolu said.
The counsel making the statement emphasised that most of the charges were in the previous impeachment which he said demonstrated that the Governor never amended her ways
He claimed that similar to the last impeachment trial, Mwangaza would defend herself by taking the posture of an innocent victim.
Thiankolu cautioned the Senate that if they acquit Mwangaza, she will leave the senate compound and back to "kaende kaende and Meru will be back to its crisis.
Governor Mwangaza was impeached last Wednesday after 59 MCAs voted in favour of the impeachment motion.
She is facing charges of misappropriation and misuse of county resources, nepotism and related unethical practices.
The governor is also accused of bullying, vilifying and demeaning other leaders, making illegal appointments and usurping statutory powers.
Mwangaza also faces accusations of illegal appointments, contempt of court, illegally naming a public road after her husband and contempt of the assembly.
She has however denied wrongdoing in all the charges.
In particular, MCAs claim that Mwangaza embezzled county funds through the governor's relatives.
They say she withdrew county funds through false claims of payment for supplies and services rendered by the governor’s relatives, despite their being ineligible to tender for or supply goods to the county government.
They alleged that Mwangaza paid "full salaries and benefits" for over a year to four high-ranking county officials.
This is despite them not rendering any services to the county and diverting and misusing county resources.
The MCAs claimed that Mwangaza fraudulently represented unqualified relatives as a “technical team” for medical equipment inspection in China.
The legislators say she employed her husband’s nephew in a key county position and designated her brother-in-law as director of external linkages without transparent and competitive recruitment.
