Fresh trouble is brewing in Meru County after Deputy Governor Isaac Mutuma claimed that Kawira Mwangaza is pushing for his resignation.
According to him, Mwangaza is using proxies to threaten him, and also inform him that he will receive a compensation package if he leaves the deputy governor post.
“We are operating in a very hostile environment in Meru and as deputy governor I have said time and again that things are escalating from bad to worse.
“Mama Governor through her proxies are sending threats to me, telling me that mama is proposing that I resign and get the package to engage in other issues out there,” Mutuma said.
The allegations come just months after Mwangaza was saved by the senate from a second impeachment by the Members of the County Assembly.
In November 2023, senators dismissed all the 7 charges against the governor that saw her get impeachment.
“The result of the division indicates that the Senate has not upheld any of the impeachment charges. Pursuant to Article 181 of the Constitution, Section 33 (8) of the County Government Act and Standing Order 87 of the Senate Standing Orders, the Senate has failed to remove from office by impeachment Governor Kawira Mwangaza and the Governor accordingly continues to hold office,” the senate speaker Amason Kingi ruled.
Mwangaza had been accused of misappropriation of county resources, Nepotism and unethical practices, bullying, vilification and diminishing other leaders, making illegal appointments, Contempt of Court and the County Assembly and illegally naming a public road after her husband.
She was first impeached in December 2022.
