Kenya: Murang'a Governor Mwangi wa Iria is now a happy man after the Senate on Friday night cleared him of allegations leveled against him by the county assembly.
Iria told The Standard that he was feeling honoured after being cleared by the Senate special committee that was constituted to investigate him.
He said he was ready to work with all the leaders for the sake of pushing Jubilee government development agenda geared towards attaining Vision 2030.
The special committee of 11 senators was chaired by Kitui Senator David Musila.
He described the two weeks since the impeachment process started as the most troubling, adding that the accusations leveled against him were political and lacked facts.
"It is an honour to Murang'a people after the Senate absolved me of the accusations that prompted the county assembly to launch process to impeach me," said the governor.
Despite being off the hook, the governor is facing another task of re-uniting the 34 members of the county assembly who supported his impeachment.
A week ago, the governor recounted how he had a cordial relationship with the MCA claiming they were incited by a section of politicians to oppose him in the next general election.
Grievances against the governor included abuse of office, mismanagement of county resources and the incurring of unsustainable debt of Sh2.5 billion.
The governor broke ranks with Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau and his deputy Gakure Monyo over claims they were among a section of the leaders who incited the MCA to launch the failed impeachment process.
Kigumo MP has since denied the accusations saying the MCAs have all the rights to play their oversight role on the county government as mandated by the constitution.
"I blew the whistle over mismanagement of county resources and the MCAs did their part as demanded by the constitution. How do I come in to have been inciting them? wondered Kamau.
