- The MCAs' lawyers said the governor has paralysed operations in Meru because of her don't care attitude.
- They warned that if acquitted the governor will still continue with her mantra of caring not.
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Members of the Meru County Assembly have laid ground in their push to have their governor impeached terming her a serial offender who does not require mercy.
Through their lawyers, the MCAs asked the Senators to remove the governor from office because the 'centre can no longer hold' in Meru.
The Assembly also asked the Senate to remove Mwangaza from office for the public good as preserving her would be a disaster for Meru.
"We are urging you that the Senate of the Republic of Kenya can do things properly by impeaching a rogue governor," said the MCA's lead counsel Muthomi Thiankolu.
In the Assembly's opening statements, the lawyers said the governor had become rogue and made Meru County ungovernable with a don't care attitude.
Reflecting on her previous impeachment, Thiankolu said the camaraderie with MCAs picked only for a few days after which Mwangaza adopted a defiance stance despite senators forgiving her.
"She told public rallies and those who cared to listen that Kaende Kaende, Kabathi Kabathi,' Thiankolu said.
The lawyer told the Senate that Mwangaza's remarks meant that she was arrogantly saying that she would do whatever she wanted and never cared about the consequences.
"The governor's mantra in these series of persistent misconduct was that I don't care, whatever would be, would be,'" he said.
The lawyer said that the motion is laid out in seven broader thematic areas and nine specific charges against the governor which they shall prove with evidence.
"Just like last time, the governor will appear here on this podium, taking the posture of an innocent and vulnerable victim of toxic masculinity, harmful patriarchy, gender stereotyping and political schemes," Thiankolu said.
The lawyer, while asking the senate to uphold the governor's impeachment by the MCAs said the county will return to total paralysis if Mwangaza is acquitted.
"She will come to you looking as meek as the lamb, but we have lived through that experience," Thiankolu said.
"If you acquit her this time, she will walk out this door with and continue with I don’t care attitude and Meru will be back to the endless crisis that has engulfed the county for a year."
Earlier, Mwangaza pleaded not guilty to all the seven charges that have been levelled against her by county MCAs.
The governor listened pensively as Senate Clerk Jeremiah Nyegenye read out all the charges as the impeachment proceedings started at the Senate.
"Not guilty," she responded when Nyegenye posed the question to her after reading out the particulars of each of the charges.