This archive report was first published on 23 December 2019.
December 23, 2019 - The impeachment of Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has sparked controversy, with the governor contesting the move in a letter to the Senate.
According to the letter, drafted by advocate Ndegwa Njiru, Waititu argues that the motion to impeach him was first tabled in the Assembly on December 3, 2019, and passed on December 19, 2019, which is outside the statutory period of 14 days.
“From the commencement, the Assembly did not have the requisite statutory quorum at any particular time, for reason that the sum number of the Members of the Assembly is 92, thus statutory quorum required under Section 33(2) of the County Governments Act to pass such a special motion is 92,” read the letter to Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka.
Waititu further states that the MCAs in attendance were only 57, while 30 others were in Labe Bogoria lodge, 3 in Dubai on official duties, and 2 absent.
Speaker Stephen Ndicho, however, maintains that Waititu was impeached on December 19, 2019, after the motion was passed by two-thirds of the MCAs in accordance with the County Government Act, 2012.
