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| Embu County Governor Martin Wambora leaves the Milimani Law Courts in May. Embu County assembly has pledged to work with him if the court reinstates him. [PHOTO.FILE/STANDARD] |
Embu Governor Martin Wambora got a reprieve after the county assembly pledged not to hound him anymore should the Court of Appeal reinstate him.
Deputy Speaker Ibrahim Swaleh said they would comply with the court's verdict, and if Wambora is reinstated in a case before a Nyeri Court petitioning his impeachment by the Senate, they would work with him to develop the county.
Speaking in the presence of Wambora when the two leaders took a donation to Shauri Rescue Children Centre near Embu town yesterday, Swaleh called on the other arms of government to respect court rulings and orders.
"We will obey the court's ruling in Wambora's case. As the assembly, we cannot make laws and then flout them while the courts seek to interpret them," said Swaleh who had moved the impeachment Motion.
Steer growth
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Swaleh also lashed out at MPs for spending time to discuss who should fly flags and titles for elected leaders, wondering how that is helping the country when there are others issues requiring urgent address.
Wambora regretted that a year was wasted as Embu county leaders engaged in wrangles and vowed to continue working hard towards the county's growth.
He said he would go around the county implementing the projects envisaged in his government's blueprint.
He urged the MCAs and other leaders to work closely with him so that they can fast track implementation of projects worth Sh440billion pledged by investors during a forum last year.
"Embu County got the largest number of pledges during the Investor's Conference last year. The investors kept away during our wrangles. Now that we have peace, they are calling to launch the projects," he said.
Energy plant
The governor said an American firm would install a solar energy plant in the county to produce 40megawatts of electricity, enough, he said, to run all the industries to be set up in an industrial park at Machang'a.
Wambora said another investor wants to put up Sh3billion housing in parts of Embu town that would change the face of the town and end slums.
Wambora said repair and tarmacking of most county roads would begin after the county acquired four graders from Brazil while other road construction equipment have been tendered for.
Swaleh said he was lobbying to have all roads leading to Embu town and the Nairobi stage to be tarmacked at a cost of Sh91million and called for Wambora's support.
The official however complained that police were arresting innocent people in the slums during crackdowns against illicit liquor and called for an end to that.
Meanwhile, the business community in Meru have demanded an overhaul of security personnel in the county, after two more people were murdered at the weekend.
An unidentified man in his early 20s was on Saturday night killed and his body dumped on the Kathita riverbank in Meru Town.
Residents who asked not to be named said they awoke to find the body on Sunday morning.
Yesterday police collected the body at 9.30am, with area residents appealing to the police to upscale patrols.
This comes hot on the heels of a murder committed in broad daylight on Friday morning at Makutano area.
Four gunmen carjacked a prominent businessman and shot his son, killing him instantly.
Meru OCPD Tom Odero said the four suspects then carjacked a taxi driver and forced him into the boot before escaping. The driver is yet to be found.
According to Odero, investigations to reveal the motive and identity of the killers are underway, but no arrests have been made.
