Troubled Wambora to Know Fate as Embu Governor

Wambora has been in court for over a year since a motion of impeachment against him successfully went through the Embu County assembly and the Senate.

Early this year, Senate Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki reaffirmed that Wambora’s removal from office was in accordance with the law.

“Any attempt to pretend that you can ignore institutions and get away with it, will only lead to problems,” said Knidiki.

“According to us, the Governor of Embu was impeached lawfully and the Senate does not act in vain.”

The governor was reinstated for a second time by High Court Judge Richard Mwongo on May 15, 2014.

Inflating costs of projects

The county assembly twice resolved to oust him, on February 14 and later on May 13.

Wambora has been accused of flouting the County Government Act by appointing public servants without the assembly's approval as well as flouting the Public Procurement Act in the purchase of Ksh 35 million worth of maize seeds that never germinated, procurement of vehicles and authorisation to renovate Embu Stadium at a cost of Ksh 50 million up from Ksh 8 million.

According to iLaw Kenya, “impeachment is both legal and political process. The confusing, contradictory and sometimes conflicting court decisions make the process more chaotic and county governance almost impossible.”

“There is need of clear legislative framework to guide the process and protect it from abuse and political vendetta instead of pursuit of good governance,” reads iLaw blog.