Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza is facing impeachment for yet another time.
Nominated MCA Zipporah Kinya is seeking to attempt to send governor packing on allegations of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds.
Kinya filed the impeachment notice on Wednesday, listing 11 allegations against Mwangaza.
She is accused of illegally revoking the appointment of County Public Secretary Virginia Kagwiria.
It is also alleged that Mwangaza failed to appoint various autonomous chairpersons and further failed to implement or report back on resolutions of the county Assembly.
Aside from that, she is accused of misleading the public through giving false information on the amount of money that MCAs raised for the family of the late blogger Bernard Muthiani aka Sbiper. Apparently, Mwangaza said that the representatives had raised Kshs86 million.
Mwangaza is also facing accusations of irregular payment and employment of 100 personal staff leading to a wage bill of Kshs500 million.
Speaking on the impending impeachment, Mwangaza noted that the impeachments have become more of a joke, adding that the county should be suspended if the trend continues.
“They raised many concerns including the donation of cows and my personal community initiatives which I adhered to. I made an effort to seek out every MCA so that we work together, but those who agreed were removed from assembly committees. Despite this, I recently agreed to reconciliation talks led by the Njuri Ncheke Council of Elders which are ongoing,” Ms Mwangaza said.
She added that she has also given in to MCAs’ demands to allocate more development funds to the wards, leading to the allocation of Sh33 million per ward.
“The impeachments have now become a joke and if this continues, we should suspend the government and go back to the people,” she said durong a radio interview.
