Eric Mutai retains his governorship job after being saved by the senate.
Only 10 senators voted in favour of his removal from office.
The Senate has finally terminated the impeachment hearing of Governor Eric Mutai whose motion arrived in the Senate after he was impeached by 31 members of the Kericho Members of County Assembly
Governor Mutai survived the impeachment after 34 senators voted against his removal from office while 10 voted in favour of his removal. There was zero absentee.
“Honourable Senators, the result for the division is as follows; Ayes are 34, Nays 10 and abstention at zero so the ayes have it,” Senate Speaker Amason Kingi announced. Honourable Senators, the motion having been approved, the hearing proceedings on the proposed removal from office by the impeachment of honourable Dr Erick Kimutai, the Governor of Kericho County, hereby terminates and the senate now stands adjourned.”
Mutai had argued that the county assembly failed to achieve the two-thirds threshold required by Law, a matter that was taken into consideration by various Senators.
The governor was accused of gross violation of constitutional and other laws including; misappropriation, misallocation, and illegal drawings of County revenue and County finances and misappropriation and/or abetting misappropriation of publicly raised funds.
Mutai has now joined the list of county governors who have survived impeachment from the senate.
