{"id":10341,"date":"2020-06-28T19:05:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T19:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10341"},"modified":"2020-06-28T19:05:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T19:05:05","slug":"governors-convene-crisis-meeting-amidst-impending-impeachment-motions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/governors-convene-crisis-meeting-amidst-impending-impeachment-motions","title":{"rendered":"Governors convene crisis meeting amidst impending impeachment motions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: JOHN SHILITSA<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Governors are scheduled to meet on Monday to address the rising cases of impeachment motions against them.Governor Wycliffe Oparanya<strong>\u00a0(pictured above)<\/strong>, the Council of Governors (CoG) chairman, said plans by county assemblies to kick out\u00a0county chiefs could derail development agenda and the war against Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, we have about six governors facing impeachment motions in their counties including Kitui\u2019s Charity Ngilu, although Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru was cleared of any wrongdoing by the senate, the damage has been done,\u201d said Oparanya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall be convening this week to deliberate on this issue, we plead with the MCAs to spare the governors and let them serve their remaining term in peace,\u201d said Oparanya, when he met elders from Kakamega at Masinde Muliro University multi-purpose hall on Saturday.He said impeachment motions were upsetting and ill-advised especially at a time governors are supposed to be on the forefront in preparing their counties adequately to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>MCAs have been baying for the blood of governors in different counties among them governors Wycliffe Wangamati (Bungoma) and Sospeter Ojaamong (Busia).County assemblies are accusing county chiefs of numerous issues including abuse of office, corruption and nepotism.It appears most MCAs are emboldened by the successful impeachment of former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu in the push to discipline the county chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Although Waititu\u2019s case could have opened floodgates for the removal of more\u00a0governors. Waiguru\u2019s recent clearance could mean the ward representatives have a herculean task before them.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, who had been impeached by the county reps survived the axe after the 11-member special committee at the senate acquitted her citing lack of evidence of claims levelled against her.<\/p>\n<p>Other governors targeted by MCAs include Salim Mvurya (Kwale), Patrick Khaemba (Trans Nzoia) and Wilber Ottichilo from Vihiga County.Mr Oparanya claimed political rivals had resorted to uncouth means that would distract the serving governors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know the governors\u2019 rivals are behind the surge in impeachment motions flying around. We urge them to hold their horses and give the county chiefs ample time to serve, the elections will come in 2022,\u201d said governor Oparanya.<\/p>\n<p>He was accompanied by Mr Ottichilo, Wangamati and Ojaamong. He said their meeting is focused on finding a solution to the threat the governors are facing.In Bungoma, the executive has embarked on a collection of signatures from locals in the push to have the county assembly dissolved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: JOHN SHILITSA AfricaPress-Kenya: Governors are scheduled to meet on Monday to address the rising cases of impeachment motions against them.Governor Wycliffe Oparanya\u00a0(pictured above), the Council of Governors (CoG) chairman, said plans by county assemblies to kick out\u00a0county chiefs could derail development agenda and the war against Covid-19. \u201cSo far, we have about six governors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":9089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[1487,2635,3786],"class_list":["post-10341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-governor-wycliffe-oparanya","tag-governors","tag-impeachment-motion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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