NAIROBI: It is D-Day for Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi as the National Assembly debates a motion seeking to kick him out of office.
Leader of Majority Aden Duale Tuesday confirmed that the motion to impeach Kaimenyi will be on this afternoon’s order paper, with MPs expected to either approve it or shoot it down.
“It will be on the order paper tomorrow (Wednesday) in the afternoon. MPs will be free to give their views on the motion,” Mr Duale said.
Although 96 MPs last week appended their signatures to the notice of motion to remove the CS, there is no guarantee all of them will support the motion when it is brought to the House. Prof Kaimenyi is facing a litany of accusations, among them that he has adopted an arrogant attitude and resorted to high-handedness in the running of the Education ministry.
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The mover of the motion, Matayos MP Geoffrey Odanga, is also questioning the CS’s handling of various matters, including the botched procurement of Standard One laptops and his treatment of House committees.
Unlike a similar motion that sought to strip Devolution CS Anne Waiguru of her position last year, there has been little evidence of lobbying for Kaimenyi’s ouster within Parliament.
Tuesday, Odanga could, however, be seen having a one-on-one with his colleagues, perhaps reminding them of the motion this afternoon.
Some MPs, who spoke to The Standard dismissed the motion as a ‘non-starter’, even as Odanga insisted it enjoys the backing of majority of members of the National Assembly. He claimed that most of the members of the Education Committee, of which he is a member, have also promised to support the motion.
The Orange Democratic movement (ODM) MP claimed that some MPs opposed to the motion were already framing it as a Jubilee-Cord contest, which he said was likely to undermine its original intention.
Should one-third (at least 117) of the MPs support the motion, the House will form a select committee to investigate the claims made against the CS.
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