Meru MCAs defend grounds for Governor Kawira Mwangaza's impeachment

Members of the Meru County Assembly spent the first day of Governor Kawira Mwangaza's impeachment hearing on Monday tabling their case on why the county boss should be removed from office.

Mwangaza was back in the Senate chambers appearing before the senate plenary to answer her impeachment motion, the third one in a span of two years.

After losing two other impeachment motions at the Senate level, the Meru MCAs were keen not to make it three out of three, lining up eight lawyers and two key witnesses to defend their numerous grounds for impeachment.

From the on-set, the assembly went for the jugular, accusing the governor of illegally revoking the appointment of CPA Virginia Kawira Miriti as secretary/CEO of the Meru County Public Service Board.

They also accuse her of failing to appoint the chairpersons of the Meru County Revenue Board, Meru Microfinance Corporation, Meru Youth Service Board, and Meru County Investment and Development Corporation Board.

The governor’s team was at pains to explain the use of manual payroll to pay personnel emoluments amounting to Ksh.102.94 million and also paying Kiambi Christus Manyara, a public communication officer in the office of the governor his full salary and benefits despite, the officer being in remand.

The MCAs pleaded with the senators to listen to their case, and approve all the allegations levelled against the governor, saying it was not by chance that she was being impeached a third time.

Mwangaza will have a chance to defend herself on Tuesday.