This archive report was first published on 24 June 2020.
June 24, 2020 - Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has come out to say that her support for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is the root cause of her troubles.
Waiguru made the remarks during her closing statement before the Senate Committee probing her case, where she accused her detractors of being against her for backing the Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
"My stand has made me enemies with people of deep influence inside and outside my County, which is a matter on public record, resulting in endless attacks on my person because of my support for BBI and the Handshake," Waiguru said.
She pleaded with the Senate committee to dismiss the MCAs' case against her, terming it trivial and full of innuendos.
Waiguru also claimed that the MCAs failed to prove their case, saying it was full of generalities, hearsay, and innuendos, and thus did not meet the constitutional threshold to oust her.
"Having listened to the presentations made by the assembly, I bear witness that they mainly involved emotional and contradicting witness statements that were neither supported by any evidence nor fully substantiated by facts," she said.
Waiguru reiterated her innocence, stating that her lawyers, Paul Nyamodi and Kamotho Waiganjo, had proved beyond reasonable doubt that the impeachment case did not hold water.
