Nyeri deputy Governor to take over from Gachagua

The County Government of Nyeri is still waiting for confirmation to swear in the Deputy Governor, Samuel Wamathai, as the new Governor following the death of Governor Nderitu Gachagua.

Speaker of the County Assembly, David Mwangi, says they are still consulting with the Attorney General and the Chief Justice on the matter.

He says currently the CEC’s, who were under Gachagua’s government, are out of office until the new governor makes his appointments.

He may decide to retain or appoint new ones who will all go under the vetting process again.

Mr Gachagua died while undergoing treatment at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, the United Kingdom.

The Governor, born on July 29, 1953, had traveled to London for treatment where he succumbed.

Gachagua was Nyeri’s first Governor and was elected in 2013 on a GNU party ticket alongside deputy governor, Wamathai Samwel Githaiga.