Senators on Thursday evening voted overwhelmingly to remove Robert Monda, Kisii's Deputy Governor, from office after he was found guilty on all four counts.
Thirty-nine senators voted yes for gross violation of the constitution or any other law.
On the charge of abuse of office, 39 Senators voted in favor, three voted against, and one abstained, while 35 Senators found the DG guilty of gross misconduct, with only three voting to save him.
Monda also lost on the fourth charge, with 34 senators finding him guilty of committing crimes under national law and ten finding him not guilty.
This is after Joseph Misati, the father of the main witness, Dennis Misati, appeared to testify in his favor, causing many senators to be outraged by the public display of family feuds.
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“The senate has resolved to remove from office by impeachment Robert Monda, the Deputy Governor of Kisii, and he now ceases to hold office forthwith," ruled Speaker Amason Kingi
The Senate Majority Whip, Dr Bonny Khalwale, moved the motion to impeach the Deputy Governor, arguing that, while the crimes had not been proven beyond reasonable doubt, the deputy governor was likely to have received the bribes.
“We will be lying to ourselves that the young man has not proved that he sent money to the Deputy Governor, we will be lying to ourselves if we discount the evidence of the two ladies, and we will be lying to ourselves, if we told the country that the DG did not receive the money.”
Khalwale expresses his feelings about how broken the family is, with the main antagonists, Dennis Misati and his father, Joseph Misati, pitted against each other at the plenary.
“God made man, man made money, and money made mad, to see a brother giving evidence against DG, to see a father giving evidence against assertions of his son, it can only be described as madness," he added.
While seconding the motion, Migori Senator Eddy Oketch lamented how millions of young people can work but are frustrated when asked for bribes.
“I might not know if the Deputy Governor is guilty or not, but I know that today’s vote will be for the millions of youths who are hustling out here, who are qualified, who are able and willing to work, but they are to give a bribe.”
Many senators who commented on the motion expressed sadness over the family breakdown, with some even asking Kenyans to pray for the family unit.
On his part, Minority Whip Ledama Ole Kina wondered why and how the family unit had fallen with family members going for each other’s necks.
“The two days have been the saddest day in the institution of the family, a family is supposed to be united and to protect each other, but we have been invited to come in between the family, what example are we showing to the younger generation,’’ he said.
