Embattled Kericho Governor Erick Mutai is set to appear before the Senate today for a special sitting to deliberate on his second impeachment after 33 out of 47 Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) voted to remove him from office.
The big question is whether Mutai will once again survive the impeachment just as he did in October 2024, when the Senate overturned the County Assembly's resolution on grounds that it failed to meet the constitutional threshold. At the time, only 31 MCAs had voted to impeach him.
Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot faulted the Senate for failing Kericho residents during the first impeachment, saying unresolved issues from that process continue to plague the county. "When the impeachment was brought before the Senate in October last year, the case was terminated at the Point of Order stage.
Many of the issues that were not resolved then continue to occur today," Cheruiyot said.
