Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi survives impeachment
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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi appears before the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture at Parliament buildings in Nairobi on April 8, 2024, for questioning on the subsidised fertiliser scandal. | PHOTO: @mithika_Linturi/X
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika
Linturi has survived impeachment after the special parliamentary committee determined that the grounds of the impeachment motion were not substantiated.
“The allegations under Ground 1 on gross
violation of the constitution, Ground 2 on serious reason for believing that
the cabinet secretary has committed a crime under national law and Ground 3 on
gross misconduct, as outlined in the special motion, are unsubstantiated,” the
committee said in its report to the National Assembly on Monday.
The 11-member committee investigated allegations raised against the agriculture minister in the impeachment motion sponsored by Bumula MP Jack Wamboka.
Seven of the 11 MPs voted to save the CS.
MP Wamboka had
listed three grounds in
the impeachment motion against CS Linturi: gross violation of the Constitution
or any other law, serious reasons to believe the CS has committed a crime under
national law, as well as gross misconduct.
The allegations surround
the procurement and distribution of government-subsidised fertiliser which
itself is under probe over concerns it was fake.
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