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- Jun 7, 2012
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Senate will Friday afternoon hold a special sitting to either accept or reject a report on the proposed impeachment of Murang'a Governor Mwangi Wa Iria.
The Special Committee, chaired by Kitui Senator David Musila, said should any of the allegations against the county boss be substantiated, Wa Iria will be granted an opportunity to defend himself before senators at the sitting scheduled for 3pm.
The governor's defence team Friday persuaded the committee to terminate the proposed impeachment since the county assembly had not followed the constitutional provisions in initiating and adopting it. Wa Iria's lawyer Ng'ang'a Mbugua said the process that led to the impeachment by the members of the county assembly (MCAs) was unconstitutional and premature therefore null and void.
He continued to demonstrate to the 11-member committee that the assembly violated all the provisions in moving the motion by not giving the county boss an opportunity to be heard.
In his preliminary submission, Mbugua claimed the governor was not even aware the motion was moved and only learnt of it through the media.
"The MCAs had ill intention that they did not even show deliberate efforts to hear the governor,'' he said.
Source: standard digital
The Special Committee, chaired by Kitui Senator David Musila, said should any of the allegations against the county boss be substantiated, Wa Iria will be granted an opportunity to defend himself before senators at the sitting scheduled for 3pm.
The governor's defence team Friday persuaded the committee to terminate the proposed impeachment since the county assembly had not followed the constitutional provisions in initiating and adopting it. Wa Iria's lawyer Ng'ang'a Mbugua said the process that led to the impeachment by the members of the county assembly (MCAs) was unconstitutional and premature therefore null and void.
He continued to demonstrate to the 11-member committee that the assembly violated all the provisions in moving the motion by not giving the county boss an opportunity to be heard.
In his preliminary submission, Mbugua claimed the governor was not even aware the motion was moved and only learnt of it through the media.
"The MCAs had ill intention that they did not even show deliberate efforts to hear the governor,'' he said.
Source: standard digital