A petition made by 22 county residents and supported by 1,600 members of the public who have appended their signatures was presented to the Meru County Assembly on Tuesday as the House resumed its sittings since the Senate dismissed the motion to impeach Governor Kawira Mwangaza.
The Meru MCAs described the petition as evidence that the citizens understand the challenges facing Meru County and are willing to join the fight to improve the county’s leadership.
“I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the public who have brought the petition to us. They have echoed us. We have been singing LONE, BUT THE PUBLIC NOW SUPPORTS US, we have been saying that Meru is going in the wrong direction, but now the public is with us and echoed our cry,” Amwathi Ward MCA Thuranira Mutungi stated.
Meru County Assembly Speaker Ayub Bundi forwarded the petition to the relevant committees to investigate the issues raised by the citizens and submitting a report within 14 days.
“I, therefore, commit this petition to the joint Sectoral Committee of Labor, Public Service and Legal Affairs and Justice, Legal Affairs, and Cohesion in Accordance with our standing orders to deal with the petition and report back to the honorable house within the next 14 days,” Ayub said.
Among the issues raised by citizens against the mentioned senior county officials are financial mismanagement, implementation of projects contrary to the law, and misuse of authority to harass subordinates.
The residents who submitted the motion want the Meru County Assembly to remove from office 7 out of nine CECs who are currently in office along with all chief officers who have violated the law.
They also request the reinstatement of government officials who were transferred for unjustifiable reasons to their rightful positions.
