I'm Staying For Five Years, Maybe More- Governor Mwangaza
The second impeachment motion against her came days after the Meru High Court suspended the first impeachment motion filed against her.
admin
Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has vowed to defend her seat by any means necessary in the midst of a second impeachment motion against her initiated by Members of the County Assembly (MCA).
Speaking during the county's Jamhuri Day celebrations on Monday, December 12, Mwangaza assured Meru residents that she would stay for the entire five-year term despite the county leaders thinking otherwise.
According to her, she promises to complete her first year in office and beyond, stating that at the end of her five-year term, she would seek another term and would not leave until she honours the plans she had for the people of Meru.
Governor Kawira Mwangaza during the Meru County Jamhuri Day celebrations on December 12, 2022. /FACEBOOK.KAWIRA MWANGAZA
"I'm here this year, I'm here next year. I'm here the year after next year, I'll be here for five years and God might add us some more if I happen to still be governor after five years.
"There's nowhere I'm going until I finish the work of rescuing the children of Meru," she addressed.
The second impeachment motion against her came days after the Meru High Court suspended the first impeachment motion filed against her.
Justice Wamae Cherere ruled on Wednesday, November 30 that the Meru County Assembly did not follow the proper procedure in initiating the motion.
The governor is accused of nepotism, illegal appointments, unlawful dismissals, usurpation of constitutional and statutory functions, incitement, bullying, vilification and misleading campaigns against other leaders.
Other accusations are forceful entry into the assembly and mobilizing unlawful riots against MCAs, violation of public finance management laws and misconduct relating to the nomination of CECs.
The first motion was backed by the signatures of 67 out of 69 MCAs. Abogeta West MCA Dennis Kiogora in his petition before the Assembly had accused Mwangaza of engaging in a series of "discreditable acts" which he added has generated a toxic environment and turned the county into Kenya's laughing stock.
"The Governor has engaged in multiple discreditable acts that severally and collectively amount to gross violation of the Constitution, gross violation of various national and county laws, abuse of office, and gross misconduct," read part of the petition.
"The office of the Governor, the Assembly and its leadership and the people of Meru County to, embarrassment, ridicule and disrepute."
Kiogora proposed that Governor Mwangaza cannot be trusted to work harmoniously with staff and elected leaders at the national and county levels of government. He warned that the longer she stays in office, the more likely she will disrupt service delivery within the county for the interest of the Meru electorate.
Mwangaza however hinted at unfairness in the event the impeachment motion was allowed to go through, adding that the motion was incompetent given that it was issued by the County Assembly deputy clerk, who signed off as the acting clerk, despite the seat having no official occupant.
She had also called upon the court to suspend letters issued by the deputy clerk inviting her to appear before the assembly for the impeachment motion.
![Fire Torches Several Buildings in Mathare [VIDEO]](https://viraltea.co.ke/uploads/images/2022/08/image_380x226_630efc6faa230.jpg){kind=small}
