She is the proverbial cat with nine lives as she successfully battles political flames threatening to dispatch her from the top of her political career.

For two years, Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has been struggling to breathe politically as MCAs made spirited efforts to impeach her.

On Thursday, Mwangaza got a reprieve in her long-running impeachment saga after the Meru High Court found the Meru Assembly in contempt of a court order following her impeachment last year.

Nominated UDA MCA Zipporah Kinya's Impeachment motion against Governor Mwangaza was unanimously supported by her colleagues, despite a court order barring the Assembly from impeaching her.