This woman needs to go ASAP otherwise devolution is dead!

[Dr. Job]

MPs collect signatures to impeach Waiguru

Anne Waiguru Cabinet secretary nominee for Ministry of Devolution and planning.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 - 00:00 -- BY FRANCIS MUREITHI

A group of MPs has started collecting signatures in support of a motion to impeach Devolution Secretary Anne Waiguru. Igembe South MP Mithika Linturi yesterday said the drive to collect signatures started yesterday and will be concluded before House resume from recess next month.

“We know to impeach a Cabinet Secretary we need the support of at least two thirds of all the members. We are confident that we have the numbers,” said Linturi.

He said the motion was not being sponsored by Deputy President William Ruto’s URP party but was an initiative by MPs from various parties unhappy with how Waiguru has been running the devolution ministry.

“This is not a URP motion, it is my motion and I have support from all parties. It will go through,” he said.

The MPs are furious with the Cabinet Secretary for, among other things, removing National Youth Service Director-General Kiplimo Rugut via a text message. Waiguru transferred Rugut to the Ministry of Sports in a move that has upset URP members. Rugut was replaced by a civilian, Nelson Githinji.

Linturi said government officials should be transferred or replaced as per the laid down procedures. The MP said majority of Kenyans were bound to see ethnic bias in the recent changes at NYS where Waiguru transferred Rugut and replaced him with Githinji.

According to Article 152 (6) of the Constitution, any MP can introduce a motion to impeach a Cabinet Minister for, among other things, violation of the Constitution. "If the Motion is supported by at least one-third of the Members of the National Assembly - (a) the Assembly shall, within seven days, appoint a select committee comprising eleven of its Members to investigate the matter; and (b) the select committee shall, within ten days, report to the Assembly whether it finds the allegations against the Cabinet Secretary to be substantiated," says Article 152(5). If Parliament approves the report then the President will have no choice but to fire the Cabinet Secretary.

MPs collect signatures to impeach Waiguru | The Star

 

[Koborer]

It is not convincing how she removed Rugut on account of incompetence. How did she arrive at this?

 

[Jammu Africa]

Anna Waiguru is a very beautiful woman, very aggressive in what she do
and does not entertain nonsense.

To me, all those accusation she is facing,,,ohh lord, let these men
speak the truth, that the problem is not of what she is accused of.

That the problem is that she is a powerful woman with no
time for them and so they feel intimidated by her.

I never fear powerful women who are equally beautiful, all over
the world,,,but i Jammu do always fall in love with them.:smile-big::smile-big:

Deep love,,,,,,craving for them,,agggghhhhhh,,wishing
they were all mine,,,and then,,admiration for them,,ohhh
what do i say i poor Jammu.

There was these American lady boss of ours, very tough
who never talked to anybody, not even her wazungu
comrades,, feared by everybody but not me.

When she faced me with that toughness of her, i would
only smile, and , one day, she asked me why i was good
to her and that i never feared, never minded being near
her when everybody else chose to stay away.

I smiled as usual, for i smile a lot, and answered her
very bravely and sincerely that, i always fell in love with
tough and intelligent women who to me always appeared
very beautiful.

She was very surprised, looked at me for a moment and
then, expecting the world to open ans swallow me,,,,
she burst into a very long laughter and hugged me.

From then on, we become very best friends, she promoted
me,,,and,,,,and,,,,,,

This is Africa,,,let these men speak the truth about Waiguru
and stop hiding behind other issues which are not here or
there.

Strong men will not fear strong women.

Jammu.
Ngong,
Kenya.

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

It is not convincing how she removed Rugut on account of incompetence. How did she arrive at this?

I believe she was doing the Master's bidding.

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Jubilee power games in plan to oust Waiguru

Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru when she spoke during National Stakeholders forum on post 58 session of the Commission on Women (CSW) at Hilton Hotel in Nairobi on May 21, 2014. Majority Leaders of both Houses last evening came to the defence of embattled Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru as the call to impeach her appeared to lose Jubilee's support.

By JEREMIAH KIPLANG'AT & MARYANNE GICOBI

[h=3]In Summary[/h]

• Igembe South MP Mithika Linturi, who is from President Kenyatta's TNA party but enjoys close relations with and Deputy President Willian Ruto's URP, has drafted the Motion and is leading the impeachment effort.
• Kuresoi North MP Zakayo Cheruiyot said he was yet to get a brief from the drafters. He said he was not going to declare his position until he gets full information.

Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru Wednesday fought back against efforts by Members of Parliament to impeach her when the House resumes next month.

She said she was prepared to answer any questions on the procedure she used to transfer National Youth Service Director General Kiplimo Rugut.

"I have complied with the provision in the law on allocation of duties and if anyone calls me to answer questions on how Mr Rugut was transferred, I am willing to clarify and answer any questions," she said.

(READ: MP files motion to impeach Devolution Secretary Waiguru)

She was speaking at the national stakeholders forum of the Commission on the Status of Women, where a hundreds of women had gathered.

Ms Waiguru said Mr Rugut and his deputy were transferred in a restructuring programme for ministries.

"We used the central posting units and Mr Rugut was among other 11 civil servants who were transferred. If my ministry was wrong then in its posting, so were the other ministries," she said.

But Members of Parliament accuse her of failing to respect, uphold, defend and obey the constitution regarding fair hearing in the removal of public officers from office, citing removal of Mr Rugut and former Youth Fund chairman Gor Semelang'o.

(READ: Two in court over Semelang'o sacking)

Igembe South MP Mithika Linturi, who is from President Kenyatta's TNA party but enjoys close relations with and Deputy President Willian Ruto's URP, has drafted the Motion and is leading the impeachment effort.

According to Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter, URP and TNA politicians were united in their push for her impeachment.

"We already have the numbers. We only need a third of the MPs. We are working with our colleagues from Central to ensure we succeed," Mr Keter said on Wednesday.

Mr Rugut's transfer, nominally a promotion to Youth secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs, was contained in a circular issued by the President's Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service, Mr Joseph Kinyua.

However, it appears that not all MPs from the Rift Valley were on board, with some saying they were yet to make their minds and they would like to see what the impeachment is about before deciding which way to go.

Kuresoi North MP Zakayo Cheruiyot said he was yet to get a brief from the drafters. He said he was not going to declare his position until he gets full information.

"I'm yet to make up my mind. If the impeachment is about politics, I will not support it," he said.

Meanwhile, women MPs rallied their support behind Ms Waiguru, saying, it was within her mandate to transfer the NYS boss.

The MPs, among them Kenya Women Parliamentarians Association chairperson Cecily Mbarire said recent accusations against the CS were efforts to bring down women leaders. She said women Cabinet Secretaries are "under siege".

Jubilee power games in plan to oust Waiguru - Politics - nation.co.ke

 

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Why Ruto told off Jubilee MPs on move to impeach Waiguru

PHOTO | JACOB OWITI Deputy President William Ruto is welcomed by Kericho Woman Representative Ms Hellen Chepkwony during her homecoming party at Ng'oina Primary School on May 24, 2014. NATION MEDIA GROUP

By ANDREW TEYIE & TIMOTHY KEMEI

[h=3]In Summary[/h]

• Mr Ruto waded into the issue when he realised that the number of MPs signing up to impeach Ms Waiguru for alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office was swelling by the day.
• Critics of Ms Waiguru allege that apart from ignoring the tribal arithmetic, she showed disrespect by supposedly transferring Mr Rugut through a mobile phone text message.
• On Saturday, Mr Ruto said that wrangling within the coalition was affecting service delivery.

Deputy President William Ruto moved to save Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru from impeachment by Parliament for the sake of harmony in the Cabinet and in Jubilee, the Sunday Nation has learnt.

Mr Ruto waded into the issue when he realised that the number of MPs signing up to impeach Ms Waiguru for alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office was swelling by the day.

And yesterday, Mr Ruto, for the first time, publicly told MPs planning to sack the minister to instead confront him and President Kenyatta and to stop scheming against their juniors, adding that the presidency took full responsibility for appointments and transfers in government.

"Leave Waiguru alone. Appointments and transfers are done by the Public Service Commission, the President and myself. If you have any questions about Kiplimo Rugut, ask me or the President, not Waiguru. Mambo ya kufuata mtu mdogo wacheni kabisa (stop pursuing our juniors)," he said in reference to the former National Youth Service director-general whose recent transfer sparked controversy.

The Deputy President added: "When you voted, you voted for me and Uhuru. Did you see Waiguru's name? Wacheni hiyo kelele kabisa (stop the noise). In any case, Rugut has not been sacked, he's been transferred," said Mr Ruto, speaking in Kericho County.

The replacement of Mr Rugut, a career civil servant, with Dr Nelson Githinji, attracted criticism from a section of Rift Valley MPs who alleged ethnic bias in public appointments. Mr Rugut comes from the Deputy President's Rift Valley stronghold.

The controversy has caused tension in the Jubilee Coalition. It is these noises that the Deputy President has now come out to silence.

About 150 MPs from both sides of the National Assembly, led by Igembe South legislator Mithika Linturi, have endorsed the petition against the Devolution Secretary.

Critics of Ms Waiguru allege that apart from ignoring the tribal arithmetic, she showed disrespect by supposedly transferring Mr Rugut through a mobile phone text message.

Last week, Ms Waiguru told the Sunday Nation she did not send such an SMS ahead of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to NYS, adding that she followed the correct procedure. She is also accused of disrespecting Youth Enterprise Fund chairman Gor Semelang'o before she sacked him in March.

"I have complied with the provision in the law on allocation of duties. We used the central posting units and Mr Rugut was among other 11 civil servants who were transferred. If my ministry was wrong in its posting, so were the other ministries," she said.

On Saturday, Mr Ruto said that wrangling within the coalition was affecting service delivery.

The DP told MPs to concentrate on managing the Constituency Development and Uwezo Funds, and to "leave matters of appointments to the President and myself".

MY OWN SPOKESPERSON

He singled out Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter who had earlier said he was speaking out on such sensitive issues that Mr Ruto could not publicly comment on due to his position as Deputy President.

"I have not sent Keter (Alfred) to speak for me. I am my own spokesman. Those who talk to us from morning to evening about my community and my region should give us a break. Tribalism will destroy this country. Some leaders have faces of leadership but are merely brokers. What's wrong with transferring someone to serve in another government department?" asked Mr Ruto.

According to a top official in the Office of the President who could not be quoted because he is not authorised to speak to the media, Mr Ruto believes that Ms Waiguru's impeachment would destabilise the Jubilee government and make the Cabinet, largely comprising technocrats, vulnerable to external machinations. It is also believed Cord legislators are using the tensions in Jubilee to paint the ruling coalition as dysfunctional.

The move by the Deputy President may slow down the push for the proposed motion. Some MPs are said to view Ms Waiguru as too powerful and abrasive and are keen on humiliating her.

A legislator who requested anonymity claimed that if left unchecked, Ms Waiguru could assume the powers of a prime minister and overshadow the Deputy President. Running the Devolution ministry allows Ms Waiguru easy access to President Kenyatta as most policies and functions require close consultations with State House.

On Tuesday last week, more than 20 URP MPs and four senators met in Biblica Hotel in Nairobi where they are believed to have resolved to support the plans to kick out the CS.

"The Deputy President felt the motion could actually pass in Parliament considering the numbers that it was attracting. He was concerned that the debate could have taken a tribal angle. He also felt that the coalition would be divided if he allowed the motion to continue, seeing that a majority of Jubilee MPs who had signed it were from URP and the government officer (Mr Rugut) in question was from Rift Valley which is his political bedrock," said the official from OP.

The presidency also feared that the successful impeachment of Ms Waiguru could strike fear in ministries and reduce Cabinet Secretaries to "parliamentary lapdogs" who would do anything to avoid suffering the same fate. Some of the favours MPs are known to seek are employment of their supporters and government tenders.

On Thursday, it is said that the Deputy President reached out to the Leaders of Majority in Parliament and Senate, Mr Aden Duale and Professor Kithure Kindiki, to take charge of the process and stop the impeachment.

Mr Duale, Prof Kindiki and some Jubilee legislators then called a press conference to back Ms Waiguru. The move followed similar support by women MPs led by Runyenjes MP Cecily Mbarire and ODM Nominated Senator Janet Ongoro.

On Saturday, Mr Duale told the Sunday Nation that the motion had nothing to do with the Jubilee coalition.

"Coalition motions are done through structures and systems and the Leader of Majority is the spokesman of the coalition," said Mr Duale.

Mr Duale said that Jubilee will hold a Parliamentary Group meeting before legislators resume their sittings to convince Mr Linturi to abandon the impeachment motion. However, he noted that MPs including members of Jubilee coalition have an oversight role on the executive.

"Our members also have an oversight role given to them by the Constitution. On their own they can bring a motion. But we will discuss as a family. We have serious issues including the budget, security and fulfilling our promises to Kenyans to address," said Mr Duale.

On Saturday, Mr Linturi said that there was separation of powers between Parliament and the Executive, and argued that, as an MP, he was exercising his oversight role.

"The Leader of Majority is obligated to defend government in the House. The oversight role of MPs cannot be compromised. It is intimidation when people demonstrate because I am doing what I am supposed to do. I have taken an oath to defend the Constitution of Kenya," said Mr Linturi.

The legislator said he would not abide by Mr Ruto's call.

"There is no turning back. Forget about people demonstrating. The streets cannot help you. People must know where to put their defence. You cannot intimidate Linturi by going to the streets. She is mistaken," said Mr Linturi.

There has also been a flurry of activity on social media and statements from political operatives and public relations practitioners in support of Ms Waiguru.

Mr Ruto's move is likely to make some of the MPs who were in support of the motion to reconsider their stand and give Ms Waiguru a lifeline.

Why Ruto told off Jubilee MPs on move to impeach Waiguru - News - nation.co.ke

 

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[Dhuks]

Wait..........Barasa Nancy is a lady............so is Shollei.........and now Waiguru :shock::shock:

 

[Dr. Job]

Wait..........Barasa Nancy is a lady............so is Shollei.........and now Waiguru :shock::shock:

...What is your angle?...circumstances are totally different in each case.