Embattled Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana has promised to relinquish his post, but only if Assembly Speaker Stephen Ngelu and Majority Leader Francis Mutuku also resigned.
Speaking when he appeared before the commission probing a petition seeking to dissolve his government, Professor Kibwana said mistrust between the assembly and the executive was the biggest threat to the running of the county.
"You have portrayed the relationship between the two arms of the county government as totally dysfunctional. Does that mean you are ready to leave?" posed the commission chairman Mohammed Nyaoga.
"I don't mind leaving if that would bring order and redeem the image of this county. However, the speaker and majority leader must also quit," Professor Kibwana replied during the fourth week of hearing in Wote town.
Although there were hopes of reconciliation, especially after Mr Ngelu and Mr Mutuku beseeched the commission not to recommend dissolution, Kibwana on Thursday insisted negotiations will not achieve much.
He said he can no longer trust the assembly, and accused Members of the County Assembly (MCA) of lying to the clergy on his impeachment.
"The MCAs lied in front of a church congregation that they will not impeach me, but did so a day later. I find it difficult to believe such people," Kibwana said.
But Mr Ngelu told the commission that the county government should not be dissolved on account of 'personal differences' that exist between himself and the governor, adding that they are capable of ironing them out.
Kibwana answered that he had no personal differences with the speaker, noting that there exists a deep rooted hatred between him and a section of the MCAs.
"Chairman, I am being set up for failure. People here don't want success," he said.
