This archive report was first published on 18 June 2020.
On June 18, 2020, a group of young people in Murang’a County expressed their support for Transport, Infrastructure and Housing Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, who is facing a planned impeachment.
According to the youth, the impeachment motion championed by Nyali MP Mohammed Ali is being driven by individuals who are opposed to the government’s plan to construct a dry port in Naivasha.
James Mwangi, a local political analyst, led the youth in their defense of CS Macharia, praising his leadership in the construction of roads across various counties.
“Leadership of Macharia in roads docket has seen this country increase the number of kilometers of roads which are now tarmacked. Other infrastructure like expansion of port and airport has also been attained,” Mwangi said.
The youth also expressed concern over the involvement of some members of parliament from the central region in the impeachment motion, accusing them of being influenced by cartels and drug traffickers who stand to lose from the government’s development agenda.
