{"id":14016,"date":"2020-09-07T18:41:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14016"},"modified":"2020-09-07T18:41:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:41:18","slug":"governor-obados-impeachment-plan-in-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/governor-obados-impeachment-plan-in-full-swing","title":{"rendered":"Governor Obado&#8217;s impeachment plan in full swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authors:\u00a0Kevine Omollo and Caleb Kingwara\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The process of removing Migori Governor Okoth Obado (pictured) from office begins tomorrow. The motion is expected to be among the agenda for Members of the County Assembly, who will be resuming sittings after a month recess.<\/p>\n<p>Majority Leader Ken Ouma confirmed he will seek to have the\u00a0impeachment motion\u00a0in the order paper.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, declined to disclose the grounds on which the impeachment bid is premised.\u00a0\u201cIf I discuss the grounds for impeachment, we will not move forward,\u201d he said.\u00a0He said his office was working on having a water-tight case to ensure the impeachment is a success.\u00a0The tabling of the motion comes amid tensions which have seen two opposing camps emerge.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tensions began soon after the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) sanctioned Obado\u2019s removal from office.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ouma yesterday dismissed claims that the Orange Party had infiltrated the process, saying the assembly is independently doing its work.\u00a0\u201cIt only happens that the party\u2019s ideals coincided with what the members stand for. There is no external pressure in this process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mcas flee homes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obado was last week, together with his four children, slapped with corruption charges over alleged embezzlement of Sh73 million.\u00a0He was, however, released on cash bail ahead of the commencement of the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The law on impeachment of a governor requires the approvals of a third of MCAs in order for the motion to move to the debating stage.\u00a0The assembly, however, risks failing to raise the quorum following reports that a number of MCAs have been forced to flee their homes after threats and intimidation from ODM.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the MCAs have been reported to be in Kisumu, Kisii and Nairobi, strategising on the matter.\u00a0Speaker Boaz Okoth came out to claim his life was in danger after goons raided his Kisumu home.\u00a0He claimed that on Friday night, unknown people stormed his house but were repulsed by his security officers before he escaped using a different gate.<\/p>\n<p>He accused senior ODM officials, including Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, of being behind the alleged attack.\u00a0The governor and his allies believe he is a victim of witchhunt and that ODM is out to settle political scores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors:\u00a0Kevine Omollo and Caleb Kingwara\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: The process of removing Migori Governor Okoth Obado (pictured) from office begins tomorrow. The motion is expected to be among the agenda for Members of the County Assembly, who will be resuming sittings after a month recess. Majority Leader Ken Ouma confirmed he will seek to have the\u00a0impeachment motion\u00a0in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":14009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[3786,5480,564],"class_list":["post-14016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-impeachment-motion","tag-migori-governor-okoth-obado","tag-odm"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Governor Obado&#039;s impeachment plan in full swing - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The process of removing Migori Governor Okoth Obado (pictured) from office begins tomorrow. 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