Matiang'i, Boinett and Kihalangwa face risk of being declared unfit to hold public office

From left, Law society of Kenya vice president Harriet Chiggai, Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Chair Kagwiria Mbogori and Media Council of Kenya Chair Victor Bwire addressing the press on March 29, 2018 at CVS in Nairobi. [Photo by Edward Kiplimo/Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and Inspector General Joseph Boinnet now risk being declared unfit to hold public office after being found guilty and fined for contempt of court.

Justice George Odunga ruled that although he could not find Matiang’i, Boinnet and Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa unfit to hold public office at the moment, his declaration that they had violated Article 10 of the Constitution had opened the way for any citizen to petition for their removal.