Embattled Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza was on Wednesday tasked by the Senate to explain her 'kaende kaende kabati kabati' slogan.
Mwangaza who had appeared before the Senate during the hearing of her impeachment had to prove that it was not an ‘I don’t care slogan’ as was being alleged by the MCAs.
In her defence, Mwangaza termed it as a misinformation and distortion of facts saying the slogan was simply meant to show the speed with which she was to implement her development agenda in Meru.
“I used it because it is a slogan for development, the speed of development in Meru, that is, Kaende kaende kabati kabati,” Mwangaza said.
“Kabati means accelerating to the fullness of everything at the highest speed possible then kaende kaende is non-stop that means that the development will be non-stop and at a very high speed,” she explained.
Mwangaza's lawyer Elisha Ongoya on Tuesday moved to dismiss claims that the county boss hurled abusive words to his deputy Isaac Mutuma in a WhatsApp group.
The accusation of the governor's bullying, undermining and insulting her deputy governor in a WhatsApp group is one of the charges that formed the ground for her impeachment.
Ongoya in his opening statement on the floor of the Senate claimed it is the Deputy Governor who was first captured in a video recording chanting anti-0governor slogans in the company of a group of people.
The lawyer says it is against that backdrop that Governor Mwangaza fired back by downplaying the content of the video clip which, he says was shared in the WhatsApp group.
"You will be told that the governor is capable of bullying, undermining and posting demeaning messages about the deputy governor," Ongoya said.
The impeachment case against Kawira is being heard in the Senate plenary. Mwangaza has since pleaded not guilty to seven charges against her.
