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TIME TO END STALEMATE IN MERU










INJUSTICE TO THE MERU COMMONERS
By Glen Don
This is the second time Meru Governor, Her Excellency Bishop Kawira Mwangaza has been impeached by the Members of the County Assembly.
The assembly comprises 69 MCAs and out of total number 10 members were absent during the impeachment day. Last impeachment, 67 members of the house voted in favour of her ouster.
As per the constitution, the governor's impeachment must get approval from the Senate house.
Impeachment at the County level is not a strange issue as the county bosses seem to be at the mercy of the County Assembly members. This is where devolution is at its weaker point.
The strangest of the kind is Meru County where within a year, Kawira Mwangaza is facing a second impeachment by the Assembly.
The accusatory remarks against are like nepotism and misuse of office powers among other charges. The charges against Kawira by the MCAs are not new in sight as these charges are merely similar to the previous ones.
Last time the Senate saved her from the saw of the MCAs and was reinstated.
Today, her fate is yet to be decided by the Senate. The whole matter now lies with the Senate, whether to legitimately take her back to her seat or upon the merit test if she is found guilty be taken home and the Deputy takes up the role.

Whether taking the blame on MCAs for frequent squabbles and dummy spit with the County boss or blaming H.E Kawira Mwangaza, is still hard to tell.

The person who gets hurt is the common mwananchi who does not see any development on the ground just because of the impasse.
What if the Senate reinstates her back? Will issues get solved and things go back to normalcy?

When the first reinstatement was done, Senators requested that the parties be reconciled such that county affairs run smoothly. They found no ground to make Kawira go home as per the MCAs request.
Now it is second ouster and this is full proof that reconciliation has failed.
The only possible solution that can solve this stalemate is just by sending her home, for there exists no best alternative.
Whether that is possible or not is a question to ask later because the flow of a river is seen where the water is heading. The Parliamentary system in Kenya has one predictable trend.

Should the President break the record and dissolve the whole of Meru County?
This is not an easy task and hardly can the president allow such a decision.

The people of Meru are yearning for a peaceful county where development is talking more than bickering from offices.
This is the right time for the Meru governance to be dealt with fair square and for justice to be served to all natives of Meru. Here is where a sound lesson is worth to be sent to other devolved units.

Members of the County Assembly should not also be spared at all cost. Whereas they are fighting for the rights of the 'wanjiku' and at the same time using this as a scapegoat to initiate their agenda. 
How this can be constitutionally done is a dilemma.
The MCAs seem to have downgraded the county and personified it as their own. 
For the love of Kenyans and respect for the Constitution 2010, some matters deserve judgments that teach a lesson.
This is what happens when party politics takes centre stage and wanjiku is forgotten. 
By Glen Don

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