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Wajir Governor Mohamed Abdi was on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 evening impeached by Wajir Members of County Assembly (MCAs) for alleged abuse of office.
Governor Mohamed Abdi was impeached after a total of 37 Wajir Members of County Assembly MCAs) voted in support of his impeachment while 10 voted against it. However, two members of the assembly did not vote.
His ouster debate process began at 2.30 pm and went on for four hours before they went into voting exercise.
Speaker
Ibrahim Yakub who presided over the sitting while announcing the impeachment
said that two-thirds of the members supported the impeachment of the governor.
“I the speaker of the county assembly hereby declare the governor of Wajir Mohamed Abdi impeached following a unanimous voting of the MCAs in support of the same,” the Wajir County Speaker said.
Drama was witnessed in the County Assembly after the governor’s lawyers led by Ndegwa Mwangi served the Wajir County Assembly with court papers despite earlier efforts by the assembly chamber to block the lawyers from accessing the County Assembly.
Among the grounds the MCAs have
leveled against Abdi is gross violation of the Constitution and abuse of
office.
They also cited poor service service delivery.
Governor Abdi on Tuesday alleged that there are some politicians from Nairobi County who were using Wajir Members of County Assembly (MCAs) to have him out of the office.
“The MCAs are being used by some
politicians in Nairobi. Some are eyeing the Wajir top seat in 2022. I want to
tell those using the county assembly to spread the gospel, that their days are
numbered.”
“I have the Wajir people behind me and I will defeat them during the elections. I will do everything through my lawyers to defend my seat,” Abdi said.
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