Brian Otieno
This week, MPs, from both sides of the divide appeared obsessed with calls for impeachment of Deputy President William Ruto.
The issue first popped up on Tuesday during a session of the Committee of the Whole House when National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi was spotted by his Majority counterpart Aden Duale apparently consulting Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa over plans to impeach the second in command.
Duale, who was making a submission before the House, seemed distracted by their consultations, which were too audible, and demanded an explanation.
“Honourable Mbadi, first, must confirm and tell the country why Tangatanga and ODM were having an informal meeting here,” he said before offering some advice to Mbadi.
“If you failed to impeach Kaimenyi or Hon Waiguru – those who want to impeach the Deputy President – you are wasting your time.”
The climax of the impeachment talk was Wednesday when members of Tangatanga dared their Kieleweke and allied counterparts to pull through with the plan.
The pro and anti-impeachment factions would convene separate meetings to rally their cause.
The pro-impeachment team would meet at a Nairobi hotel while the Tangatanga group congregated at Parliament, under the stewardship of Nominated MP David ole Sankok – the choir-master for the day – who led them in chanting, “Siyo reggae, ni maombi.”
A more subtle call for impeachment was made by Tongaren MP Eseli Simiyu during a joint session of the Public Investments (PIC), Public Accounts (PAC) and Special Funds committees probing the status of the recruitment of the Auditor General a day earlier.
The target of the ouster; President Uhuru Kenyatta. Seemingly fed up by the lack of progress in resolving the Auditor General’s debacle, Simiyu humourously quipped that they should perhaps impeach the president over the issue.
He was however stopped in his tracks by committee Chairman, Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir, who charged that such proceedings could not be instituted by a committee. But a relentless Simiyu would add that nothing, in law, barred a joint committee from achieving the same.
Source: Standard Digital