Meru MCAs reinitiate Mwangaza's impeachment

Ward reps claim she did not conduct a transparent and competitive recruitment process.

In Summary
  • They are also accusing her of forcefully getting into the county assembly and mobilising an unlawful riot of assembly members. 
  • On November 30, the Meru court barred her impeachment motion. 
Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza during a press briefing.
FILE Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza during a press briefing.
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Meru MCAs have reinitiated another impeachment of Governor Kawira Mwangaza. 

The MCAs want her ousted over alleged gross misconduct, appointment of her husband to the county office, and wrongly dismissing county officers.

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Mwangaza had appointed her husband, Murega Baichu as the patron of the Meru Youth Service. 

The MCAs claim she did not conduct a transparent and competitive recruitment process.

They are also accusing her of forcefully getting into the county assembly and mobilising an unlawful riot of assembly members. 

On November 30, the Meru court barred her impeachment motion. 

Justice Wamae Cherere said the motion did not follow the correct procedure in initiating an ouster bid against her.

"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 or the Senate," she said.

Cherer 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.

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