Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has urged the High Court to quash her impeachment arguing that the MCAs and senators discussed her removal when there was a court order prohibiting her ouster.
Her Lawyers Elisha Ongoya and Elias Mutuma revealed before Justice Bahati Mwamuye that the impeachment was a sham and a mockery to justice as it offended a high court order issued by a Meru High Court in July 24, 2024. "Mwangaza should not have been impeached by the county assembly and the Senate given the existence of a court order halting any impeachment process," Ongoya told just Mwamuye.
The lawyers said that as a result of the contempt of the court order, senior Meru county assembly officials were last week found guilty of contempt of court and slapped with hefty fines failure to pay they will be thrown into prison for six months.
ferring to the decision of Justice Edward Murithii of Meru High Court, Ongoya told Justice Mwamuye that the Speaker of the County Assembly of Meru, Ayub Bundi Solomon, the Clerk of Meru County Assembly Jacob Kirari, and Zipporah Kinya, a Nominated member of the County Assembly and Deputy Leader of the Majority who moved the impeachment motion while there was an exciting court order have been condemned.
