A notice of motion to impeach governor Kawira Mwangaza has been tabled at the Meru County Assembly.
The deputy Majority Leader and nominated member, Zipporah Kinya on Wednesday presented the impeachment motion of office and misappropriation and misuse of county resources.
“The discreditable acts have exposed the Office of the Governor, the Office of the Deputy Governor, the Assembly and its leadership and the people of Meru County to national shame, scandal, embarrassment, ridicule and disgrace,” read the notice of motion.
Among the accusations Governor Mwangaza faces are failure to appoint the chairpersons of various boards such as the Meru County Revenue Board and the Meru Microfinance Corporation; and the illegal revocation of Virginia Miriti’s appointment as the county secretary without a vote of not less than 75 per cent of all the Meru MCAs.
She is accused of employing “a bloated workforce of at least 111 personal staff” in her office, which Kinya says has contributed to a spike in the wage bill by over Ksh. 500 million.
Governor Mwangaza is also accused of paying emergency call allowances to 161 doctors and medical officers using the wrong rates, leading to excessive payment of Ksh. 74.3 million; and using a manual payroll to pay personnel emoluments amounting to Ksh. 102.9 million.
Kinya argues that reconciliation efforts have borne no fruit and the Mwangaza’s continued stay in office has “persistently undermined effective and efficient service delivery and gravely hurt the interests of the people of the county.”
