• DP Gachagua emphasized that President William Ruto has assigned him the duty to unify the Kiambu county leadership and not to let the county drain
• Displeased by Governor Wamatangi’s governance, a section of Kiambu MCAs have asked their governor to change or they will table an impeachment motion against him.
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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua will on Monday host Kiambu leaders at his official residence in Karen, Nairobi.
The meeting comes amidst talks of a looming impeachment against Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi.
The impeachment talks have led to the split of Kiambu leaders.
Speaking on Sunday in Kiambu, National Assembly Majority leader Kimani Ichung'wah said that Kiambu is facing a crisis which cannot be hidden.
"I know you (Gachagua) has called us as Kiambu leadership to your official residence. We cannot pretend that the county doesn't have a problem," he said.
"We thank you for calling us because we have a problem and as leaders, the best we can do is to pray to God to give us the wisdom to be able to confront all our challenges truthfully."
On his part, DP Gachagua emphasized that President William Ruto has assigned him the duty to unify the Kiambu county leadership and not to let the county drain.
"I have invited the Kiambu leaders so that I may know what the problem is. We are all serving the people of Kiambu and we were all elected on a UDA ticket. What is this all infighting for?" he posed
The DP pointed out the 'noise' coming from the county was not good, noting that Kiambu was one of the regions that voted overwhelmingly for the Kenya Kwanza administration.
However, the leaders will be meeting the DP separately where he will start with the MCAs in the morning, followed by the MPs later in the day and lastly, the Governor of Kiambu.
Kiambu has 60 elected MCAs and 27 nominated ones who are divided over Wamatangi's leadership
Displeased by Governor Wamatangi’s governance, a section of Kiambu MCAs have asked their governor to change or they will table an impeachment motion against him.
The MCAs on Wednesday said they have enough ground to table a notice of impeachment against Wamatangi.
In a media briefing, the MCAs led by Kikuyu Ward MCA Kamau Boro accused the UDA Governor of allegedly failing to run the Executive.
"The Governor runs the affairs of the County as a lone ranger with little respect as to the importance of County Assembly as far as oversight, transparency and accountability," he claimed while reading a statement.
Development projects, especially roads were mentioned by the MCAs, stating that last financial year despite the passing of their budget, there was very little improvement in accessing roads, noting that they are still in a sorry state.
As a result, the MCAs issued a 21-day ultimatum to Wamatangi to respond to the allegations leveled at him, failure to which they will not bow down to remove him.
However, another faction of at least 49 MCAs came out to defend Governor Wamatangi over the looming impeachment.
Peter Mburu, MCA Kamenu ward, while reading a statement during a press brief outside the assembly precincts on Friday said that as an assembly, they are unwilling to take the impeachment path.
"In the light of a statement made by some of our colleagues regarding a potential impeachment, we the undersigned members of county assembly firmly assert that Kiambu is not prepared for the removal of the Governor from office," Mburu said.