Just like a president, governors are key decision makers in counties. Looking at the counties where the governors have been prosecuted while still in office, it is clear that the running of the county governments has been greatly affected.

The end result is the suffering of Kenyans who look up to them for service delivery. It is regrettable that a court bars a governor from accessing office - which results in reshuffles among other decisions - yet uphold that the accused person is still the governor for that county.

By giving them immunity, we shall be protecting devolution, which has been under attack from the Executive, the Judiciary, the Treasury through delays in release of funds and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Some wars against the governors are politically instigated, but not because the accused persons are at fault.

Giving governors immunity does not mean that we condone corruption. The main interest is to have the governors run the counties without external interference. If there will be any case to answer, they can respond to it once they are out of office when the general public least needs their direct service.

This will ensure continuity of service delivery at the county level. A person remains innocent until found guilty in court, but not during the proceedings. An accused governor should not be treated as one who has violated Chapter Six of the Constitution until this has been proved beyond reasonable doubt.