Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza noted that surviving her second impeachment motion was a win to the county and electorates.
In a statement shared on Facebook, the lawmaker also wrote a message thanking God for the victory.
“Glory be to God. Meru has won,” she said on her Facebook account.
Mwangaza was acquitted by the Senate of all seven charges brought up against her by the Meru County Assembly.
The Senate plenary which went late into Wednesday night dismissed all the charges in a vote, giving her a new lease of life in the county where County Assembly Members have kicked her out twice.
As Speaker of the Senate Amason Kingi was reading out the final verdict, an emotional governor covered her face with her hand as she was cleared of all the charges.
“The result of the division indicates the Senate has not upheld any of the charges. Therefore, the Senate has failed to remove the governor by impeachment. The governor accordingly continues to hold office,” Kingi said.
She faced charges of misappropriation and misuse of resources, nepotism, bullying, illegal appointments, contempt of court, and naming a road after her husband illegally.
Governor Mwangaza denied all the charges and put up a spirited defense saying she was being victimised as a woman leader by the male-dominated county assembly.
