This archive report was first published on 21 August 2019.
Published on August 21, 2019, a messy divorce between Meru Senator Mithika Linturi and former Deputy President Chief Of Staff Marrianne Kitany has shed light on how Kirinyanga Governor Anne Waiguru survived impeachment over the National Youth Service Ksh791 million scandal.
According to Kitany, she first met Senator Linturi at the DP's office in 2013 while she had just been appointed the chief of staff. She recalled how the lawmaker frequented the DP's office 'with a lot of complaints' after the 4 March 2013 General election.
Kitany revealed that DP William Ruto sent her to convince Linturi to withdraw the impeachment motion he had tabled in the parliament. 'When the impeachment Motion was first tabled in Parliament, Linturi and I were at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge 'having a good time,' Kitany told Chief Magistrate Peter Ngare.
However, Linturi refused to stop the motion prompting the DP to ask Kitany to intervene, she revealed. The impeachment motion was thrown out of the house in mid-June, 2014 due to technicality as the controversial politician failed to show up in Parliament to give notice.
Linturi later claimed that President Uhuru Kenyatta intervened to have the impeachment motion dropped. 'After meeting with the Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, three days later, Mr Speaker, we met his excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta with Hon Cecily Mbarire and Kareke Mbiuki and it is at this stage that the President prevailed upon me to stop the matter,' Linturi told the parliament in 2015.
