Which way Taita politics as Samboja survives impeachment? – Weekly Citizen

Taita Taveta governor Granton Samboja as your favourite Weekly Citizen had reported survived attempts by the ward reps to impeach him.
We have established that the senators wanted to clear the case from the word go to avoid wasting tax payers’ money and that is why they went against the court order obtained by the governor. Weekly Citizen had talked to one of the senators involved immediately Samboja was impeached and openly said it was witchhunt and revenge mission in play against the governor.
It was not surprising then that the senators voted to reject all the allegations of misconduct leveled against him by the MCAs.
The house voted to adopt a report of the special committee which established none of the particulars of the allegations against the governor were substantiated and therefore did not stood ground.

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A senator well versed with the happenings told us that many of them wondered aloud how the poorly grafted impeachment motion was allowed on the assembly floor in the first place. To the senators who talked to, the motion was drafted by a Standard Four dropout.
It was agreed that the petition did not meet the constitutional threshold for impeachment.
“The committee has investigated the matter in accordance with its mandate and finds none of the allegations against the governor substantiated,” the report of the committee chaired by Embu senator Njeru Ndwiga said.
To play political games with the MCAs not to be seen as partisan, the committee recommended that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission investigates three of the seven charges leveled against the governor and his administration with a view of filing criminal charges against him if found guilty. The assembly impeached Samboja on October 9.
The MCAs had laid out seven counts of abuse of office against Samboja who moved to court and obtained orders stopping the senate from proceeding with the process until the matter in court is determined. As things stand now, the governor will withdraw the case as it has been overtaken by events.
Senate deputy speaker Kithure Kindiki dismissed the court injunction saying it interfered with the work of parliament and that the legislature had the right to reject such orders.
Now the question is, will Samboja go ahead with his petition to remove MCAs after collecting over 52,000 signatures from voters, a move that saw the MCAs move to counter by impeaching him? The senate wants a truce between the governor and MCAs for the sake of development.