NAIROBI Kenya Aug 30 – Kericho Governor Erick Mutai has survived impeachment for the second time in a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is after 25 out 42 Senators vote to determine that the threshold had not been met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaker Amason Kingi terminated the impeachment proceedings after the vote saying that if the threshold was not achieved at the County Assembly, the Senate had no business conducting the trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the vote held on August 29, one senator abstained, while 16 felt the threshold had been met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the trial which began on August 27, Governor Mutai legal team raised a preliminary objection arguing that the initial 32 threshold required for the impeachment at the county assembly level had not been achieved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The issue of the process of voting and who actually voted was contentious that the House failed to delve into substantive matters leading to the impeachment at the County Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MCAs had filed three charges against the Governor: Violations of the Constitution and other laws, abuse of office and gross misconduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Governor’s side called nearly 20 witnesses, including 18 MCAs, including an IT expert to defend him.The County Assembly summoned six witnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Senate resorted to an independent expert from the ICT Authority. However, none of these expert witnesses cleared the doubts on who actually voted and whether the threshold was achieved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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