This archive report was first published on 9 July 2021.
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has come out guns blazing against a plot to impeach Interior CS Fred Matiang'i, which he claims is being spearheaded by MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto.
Speaking to journalists at Parliament buildings on Thursday, July 8, Babu Owino said the impeachment motion against Matiang'i will be dead on arrival, as it is based on false claims.
According to the outspoken lawmaker, the MPs behind the plot are demanding bribes and threatening public officers with impeachment if they fail to comply.
“Dr Matiang’i was appointed by the president to execute his duties inherently but coming up with made-up issues that Dr Matiang’i is not attending committee meetings and that is the sole reason for the impeachment that doesn’t hold water,” Owino stated.
Babu Owino also claimed that the MPs planning to impeach Matiang'i have been moving around in senior government offices demanding bribes and threatening public officers with impeachment.
“We know that it is a team consisting of extortionists moving from one office to the other they want to be given brown envelopes… they want to defraud some of the members of the executive failure to which they threaten them with impeachment motions,” he declared.
He further accused Honorable Mohamed Ali from Nyali of being at the forefront of the plot, saying that the team is led by him and that they will build a separate Parliament for him if he continues to make noise.
