Waiguru Asks Kawira Mwangaza To End Row With Meru MCAs
The row began when MCAs walked out on Wednesday, October 19 after they refused to be addressed by Governor Mwangaza.
Marvin Chege 
Embattled Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza has moved to erase the tension between her and the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) by inviting them for a consultative meeting.
Mwangaza also called county senators and all Members of Parliament (MP) to the meeting to address the row between her and the assembly that has been rampant for almost two weeks.
In a letter on Monday, October 31 seen by Viral Tea, the governor called Senator Kathuri Murungi, who is also the county deputy speaker, all Meru MPs led by their Chair Dr Mutunga Kanyuithia, and MCAs together with their speaker Ayub Bundi to the meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 3.
“Meru County Government has been experiencing some misunderstanding for a while between the Executive and the Honourable County Assembly. Key among the causes of these misunderstandings is the Ward Fund, an issue that was captured in my maiden County Assembly opening speech on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, and even now I am ready to discuss it with the Honourable Members of the County Assembly and its management and come up with a workable solution,” she stated.
The governor added that Thursday's meeting was called by many leaders "with the interest of Meru people at heart” and will also include the Council of Governors, chaired by Governor Anne Waiguru.
She added that Waiguru organized a meeting between her and the Meru County Assembly leadership under Bundi on Friday, October 28 in Nairobi to resolve the stalemate.
The row began when MCAs walked out on Wednesday, October 19 after they refused to be addressed by Governor Mwangaza. Some of them through the press accused her of rejection, and that the governor was for the previous two weeks ungracious to requests of holding discussions with them and disregarding their demands.
They also accused her and her officers of humiliating them, demanding that they be acknowledged as elected leaders.
It took a turn for the worse when a Meru resident, Salesio Mutuma Thuranira, filed a petition seeking to compel the MCAs to initiate an impeachment motion to kick her out of office due to “gross misconduct and abuse of office”.
Mutuma blamed Mwangaza for appointing Francis Mugai as General Manager of the Meru County Revenue Board, alleging that she violated Section 6 of the MOW Revenue Board Act. 2014 with the appointment. This states that such appointments must go through a competitive process and must be approved by the County Assembly.
He also accused the governor of using his husband, Murega Baicu, as a county representative, alleging that Baichu is not a state officer and is not authorized to conduct business on behalf of the county.
"I’m a woman of my own principles, I understand the rule of law and I won't accept intimidation to the level of they cough, I answer. The politics you're seeing on TV and in the media, it is because of men with big bellies. As Meru governor, I will not be intimidated to be a thief!
"I will not do what is not supposed to be done because I want to respect some people. I will not agree to change laws so that I'm viewed as a county leader who is working with certain leaders," she lashed out in defence.
On his part, Baicu alleged that he was cut off from his wife at the official residence of the governor as he was not a government official, something the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) denied.
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