Three Bomet county ministers impeached in escalation of Barchok fallout with MCAs
It was a night of political bloodletting as three County Executive Committee (CEC) members were impeached on Friday, August 30 for gross violation of the 2010 Constitution and other laws, incompetence and abuse of office.
Mr Erick Kipkoech Ngetich, the CEC for Roads, Public Works and Transport, Dr Joseph Kirui (Administration, Public Service and Special Programmes) and Mr Andrew Kimutai Sigei (Finance and Economic Planning) failed to appear before the respective Select Committees handling their impeachment to defend themselves.
All 29 of the 38 MCAs present in the House at the time voted unanimously to remove the CECs from office, finding them guilty as charged, with none abstaining or voting in support of the County Executive Committee members in a process that lasted late into Friday night.
It was the first impeachment of a CEC in Bomet County in the last 11 years of devolution in the country.
The process was triggered by a fallout between Governor Hillary Barchok and the 38 MCAs over claims by the governor that each of the 25 counties had been allocated Sh96 million for development projects through 10 departments.
But the MCAs have denied the claim, leading to a public spat between the MCAs and the governor, with members of the public demanding answers and identification of projects funded in the last two years after the August 9, 2022, general elections.
Bomet County Assembly Speaker Cosmas Korir said all legal procedures had been followed in impeaching the CECs and that the county ministers had been repeatedly invited to appear, plead and defend themselves to no avail.
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“All your contribution has gone towards making Bomet a better place, we want the government to succeed (in its undertakings to serve the people)…there was no witch-hunting as the process was free and fair,” Mr Korir said upon the verdict in the three cases being returned as a unanimous vote to impeach the office holders.
“The Select Committees that dealt with the cases now stand officially dissolved by the house having made a decision to impeach the CECs,” Mr Korir stated.
Mr Korir said as a result of the vote in the House, the CECs who did not defend themselves legally are no longer in office. This gives Professor Barchok the impetus to select nominees and forward their names to the Assembly for screening and approval for appointment.
The CECs, through their common lawyer Desmond Leteipa, had asked for the hearings to be postponed, claiming that they had not been served with the charges in time and that they would appear at another date.
However, the committee proved that the parties had been served through their lawyer, who attended a pre-trial hearing last Friday.
Mr Leteipa admitted that he had received an electronic mail scheduling his clients’ appearance in court.
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