Unanimous Supreme Court judgement that left most governors shaken

Embu Governor Martin Wambora when he appeared before the Senate Special Committee on Monday February 11, 2014 over his impeachment. [Boniface Okendo|Standard]

Governors will now live in perpetual fear of their county assemblies after the Supreme Court barred courts from interfering with impeachment processes until they are done.

In their unanimous but least reported decision issued last month, Supreme Court judges faulted the lower courts for prying into legislative duties of Members of County Assemblies (MCAs)- the foot-soldiers of devolution. A boon to MCAs, the decision arose from an appeal filed in the protracted Embu Governor Martin Wambora’s impeachment of 2014.