{"id":21029,"date":"2021-01-17T19:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T19:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21029"},"modified":"2021-01-17T18:08:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T18:08:57","slug":"impeachment-of-nyandarua-speaker-nullified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/impeachment-of-nyandarua-speaker-nullified","title":{"rendered":"Impeachment of Nyandarua Speaker Nullified"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nyandarua County Assembly Speaker Ndegwa Wahome was handed a reprieve by the High Court which reinstated him to his position following a chaotic impeachment.<\/p>\n

In the ruling, High Court Judge Joel Ngugi also ordered Nyandarua Police Commander to protect Wahome as he executed his duties as Speaker.<\/p>\n

“The court is pleased to issue a temporary order of stay of execution of the resolution and\/or decision of the purported unlawful impeachment proceedings of 8th January 2021,” read part of the court ruling.<\/p>\n

A section of Nyandarua MCAs on Friday, January 8 moved to impeach Wahome despite a court ruling that gave the Speaker seven days to respond to the allegations that he was accused of.<\/p>\n

The session was nullified as per the court order made by the High Court.<\/p>\n

The Speaker had been accused of gross misconduct and abuse of office among other allegations as he moved to court to seek orders to bar the assembly from impeaching him.<\/p>\n

Wahome told the court that the MCAs had not followed the right procedure in the impeachment process.<\/p>\n

The court agreed with his submissions and has now quashed the impeachment exercise carried out by less than 18 MCAs.<\/p>\n

Two advertisements on Wahome’s replacement, placed on two local dailies, were also cancelled.<\/p>\n

The vacancy advertisements were reportedly published with the assistance of Nyandarua Governor Francis Kimemia’s office – raising protests as the county assembly is by law, an independent office from that of the Governor.<\/p>\n

Ndegwa is currently embroiled in a bitter tussle with Kimemia who accused him of arbitrarily shutting County Assembly premises to stonewall the planned impeachment.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the speaker linked the impeachment to his alleged opposition to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) constitutional review process.<\/p>\n

The move brings to an end a spirited campaign by MCAs allied to him, who have made numerous attempts to save him from removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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