The impeachment of Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has been upheld.
Justice Bahati Mwamuye, while delivering his judgment on Friday, March 14, upheld the Senate’s decision, which affirmed her impeachment by the Meru County Assembly over gross misconduct, abuse of office, and gross violation of the Constitution.
While delivering his ruling, Mwamuye noted that the Senate had acted in accordance with the Constitution during Mwangaza’s impeachment process.
Mwamuye dismissed Mwangaza’s petition that claimed that the process was marred by chaos, ruling that she had failed to substantiate those allegations.
“The petitioner has not shown that the Senate’s analysis of the applicable law and evidence was so profoundly incorrect that no reasonable quasi-judicial body properly applying its mind to the law and the facts would have arrived at that conclusion, thus warranting interference by this court,” Mwamuye ruled.
Before judgment day, Mwangaza had exuded confidence that the courts would rule in her favour as she fired a warning shot at her critics.
The first-time governor called out Meru County government who, she claimed, were afraid of facing her in the political arena.
Furthermore, she stated that she would put her hat in the ring for the upcoming 2027 General Election, but this now appears to be in jeopardy.
In the wake of her impeachment, Meru Deputy Governor Rev. Isaac Mutuma M’Ethingia is expected to take over as Meru Governor for the remainder of Mwangaza’s term.