EMBU G0VERNOR IS HERE TO STAY

The High Court has suspended the swearing in of Embu Deputy Governor Dorothy Nditi as county boss. This is until a court case by some residents challenging the impeachmentof Mr Martin Wambora is concluded. Principal judge Richard Mwongo shelved the process after temporarily putting on hold the resolution of the Senate and Embu county assembly to impeach Wambora for a second time. Among the residents’ grounds of argument is that the special committee that deliberated and recommended the removal of Wambora was the same one that had suggested the same resolution to impeach him. One of the petitioners, Alloise Njagi, in a sworn affidavit said: “The aforesaid members of committee to perform the role of hearing the governor were quasi judicial in character, in a situation where they had already dealt with the same case.” The judge restrained the speaker of the county assembly from swearing in Ms Nditi, pending the hearing and determination of the case lodged in court by over 35 residents. Residents told the judge that given the resolution passed by Senate and the Gazette notice No 3222, it was likely Nditi would be sworn in as provided by the Constitution