This archive report was first published on 22 June 2020.
On June 19, 2020, Makadara MP George Aladwa joined the growing list of lawmakers opposed to the impeachment bid of Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia.
The ODM Nairobi County branch chairman described the purported impeachment motion by Nyali MP Mohamed Ali as 'not well intended but borne out of malice'.
He claimed the censure motion was the work of some disgruntled players within Jubilee party who were hell-bent on bringing down President Uhuru Kenyatta's development agenda, with CS Macharia as the target.
Mr Aladwa stated, 'We have in the past witnessed motions that are brought to the house either to serve interests of sponsors who may not be members of parliament or to blackmail public officers into towing a certain line. Perhaps this one falls in that category.'
MP Ali had filed a petition seeking to impeach Mr Macharia over alleged gross misconduct and violation of the Constitution, citing stalled government projects worth Sh100 billion and the Afya House scandal that saw taxpayers lose Sh5.2 billion in 2016.
However, the petition was met with strong opposition from a section of MPs from Mt Kenya, who vowed to defeat it on the floor of the House.
