Following Monday, Meru County MCAs plan to present a notice of motion to impeach their governor, Kawira Mwangaza. The first stage of the governor's second impeachment procedure is troubled.
The MCAs asserted that this time, they had sufficient grounds to remove Mwangaza, led by Minority Leader Mwenda Ali and Assembly Deputy Speaker Mwenda Ali.
The governor avoided being removed from office for the first time in December 2022 after the 11-member Senate Special Committee investigating the reasons for her removal concluded that none of the allegations made against her by the Meru MCAs were true.
"As things are, members are convinced that we have grounds enough for the impeachment motion and in a few weeks, you will see us doing what we are supposed to be doing," one of the MCAs said on Monday.
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The MCAs accuse the county executive of utilizing her gender to influence her public image and give the impression that the MCAs are biased.
According to the report, the governor is said to have assembled over 4,000 ladies and given them green wrappers to cheer her during a recent meeting with President William Ruto.
Mwangaza reportedly assembled 500 women and had them wear green headscarves to support her at a recent market launch in Meru, where Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria was present, according to the MCAs.
"We are not fighting her because she is a woman," one of the female MCAs said, "but hers is the case of a governor who has failed at her job. She won the seat as a woman anyway, so this is a leadership issue."
They refer to this as a ploy to divert Kenyan attention away from the problems Meru is experiencing.
Meru MCAs presented 62 claims against Mwangaza during the impeachment process last year, including allegations of nepotism and erroneous nominations, misuse of authority, and flagrant disregard for the law and other county ordinances.
