Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru has fired a response to County Assembly Members that are planning to impeaching her.
Some MCAs on Monday June 8 spent their night at the Assembly as they prepared to debate an impeachment motion against Governor Waiguru.
The MCAs, who claim to be the majority, trooped to the County Assembly premises on Monday night as they sharpened their tools to tackle the ouster motion against Waiguru.
There was confusion at the Assembly this morning as the pro-Waiguru group insisted that there is a valid court order stopping the impeachment while her opponents insisted that the orders had elapsed as the matter was not prosecuted.
The pro-impeachment MCAs said they have the support of 24 out of 33 members of the county assembly.There was confusion at the assembly as the order paper for the business to be transacted today had not been circulated.
The MCAs who want Waiguru out are accusing her of gross violation of the Constitution, abuse of office and gross misconduct.
But in her response, Waiguru has termed the impeachment motion as ill-informed and ill-timed.
She says the issues raised in the motion are baseless and a waste of valuable time that would be better spent handling serious issues impacting the County including Covid-19 pandemic.
She further claims that she sought and obtained a court order from the High Court stopping any proceedings by the Assembly the impeachment motion until the numerous issues that she had raised with the court are determined.
Waiguru further accuses the MCAs of defying the Court order by thinking that they were above the law.
She has threatened to seek orders for contempt against the speaker of the Assembly and all participating members should they proceed with the motion.
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