Court temporarily halts impeachment of Isiolo Governor Guyo

Justice Heston Nyaga said he had perused the application, the affidavit in support thereof and the Petition, and he was satisfied that the Petitioner had made out a case that warrants the grant of the relief sought.

He certified the application as urgent and ordered it to be served to respondents by close of business on June 17 2025.

The court order barred Members of the County Assembly from "admitting, processing, debating or considering" the impeachment motion tabled before the assembly on June 10, 2025.  

MCAs were set to debate the impeachment motion on Tuesday, June 17.  Guyo had sued the county assembly and the speaker. 

Justice Nyaga directed the third respondent to furnish the Governor with a copy of the Notice of Motion for Impeachment, together with all supporting documents, within 48 hours of service of the order.

The respondents have seven days to file their responses, with the Petitioner granted leave to file and serve any supplementary affidavit within 3 days of service of the responses.

Sericho MCA Abubakar Godana tabled a notice of motion for the Governor's impeachment. 

The MCAs were moved from Isiolo to Nakuru and later to Machakos, where they are hiding ahead of the impeachment plans. Since the tabling of the motion, Guyo had seven days to respond to the accusations

The County Assembly, led by Speaker Mohamed Roba, was preparing for a public participation process.

The motion received unanimous support from all 18 MCAs.