Impeached: Nyamira Governor Nyaribo ousted by MCAs for third time

Nyamira county MCAs have impeached Governor Amos Nyaribo for the third time in three years.

23 MCAs voted "yes" and 0 "no" in the exercise that began Tuesday morning.

After the vote,  Speaker Thaddeus Nyabaro said his office will notify Senate Speaker Amason Kingi for next steps to follow.

The motion to impeach him was tabled by Bonyamatuta MCA Julius Kimwomi Matwere. 

Interestingly, charges from the latest impeachment stem from his actions during the last ouster attempt, giving the unfolding drama a sharp flavour of political revenge.

One of the charges levelled against him included gross violation of the Constitution and the County Governments Act when he sided with former Speaker Enock Okero and his faction of MCAs during the previous impeachment saga. 

In his motion, Mr Matwere argued that the governor has engaged in a “relentless and calculated assault” on the Constitution.

At the centre of that dispute is “Bunge Mashinani”, a breakaway assembly arrangement spearheaded by Mr Okero after he was ousted from office by MCAs aligned with the current speaker.

Mr Okero’s camp went on to gazette the alternative sitting arrangement and held meetings across Nyamira County, away from the then politically charged county assembly headquarters.

The governor openly endorsed the move.

According to the motion, the governor “deliberately engaged, endorsed and supported an unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional ‘Bunge Mashinani’ gazette” despite knowing that Mr Okero had already been removed from office through impeachment.

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