Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.
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Nairobi – The impeachment proceedings against Kericho governor Eric Mutui has been marred by sharp divisions.
On Monday, October 14, Mutai’s lawyer, Katwa Kigen, raised an objection, saying the Kericho County Assembly did not meet the two-thirds threshold to impeach the governor.
He said that 31 voted to impeach the governor against a threshold of 32, hence he wants the Senate to rule on the matter before the case proceeds.
Kigen argued that two-thirds of 47 MCA gives 31.3, but according to him, the assembly should have rounded it off to 32 and 31.
“The motion to impeach Kericho Governor Hon. Dr Erick Mutai by impeachment did not meet the two-thirds threshold. The speaker of the County Assembly was wrong. It is only 31 out of the 47 who voted in support of the motion,” Kigen said.
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On his part, Counsel Hillary Kiplangat, representing the assembly, argued that the speaker relied on a previous ruling of the High Court to round off 31.3 to 32 and not 32.
“The Speaker of the County Assembly of Kericho was guided by a decision of the High Court that when rounding off, one rounds off to the nearest whole number. Two-thirds of the Kericho County Assembly is 31.3 MCAs, rounding off to 31 members,” Kiplangat said.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
