Embu MCAs lay ground to oust Finance CEC

Embu County Executive Committee Member for Finance and Economic Planning, Kinyua Kamaria when he appeared before the House. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]

The Embu County Assembly is set to consider a motion to form a select committee that will oversee the process to remove Finance County Executive Committee Member Kinyua Kamaria from office.

This move follows a resolution passed earlier during the Fourth Session of the Assembly, where members overwhelmingly supported a motion for the removal of Prof Kamaria from office on grounds of alleged gross violation of the Constitution.

The proposed select committee, to be composed of five MCAs will be tasked with investigating the allegations leveled against the embattled Finance CEC.

The allegations include alleged failure to comply with requests for information from the County Assembly regarding budget implementation reports for the 2023/2024 financial year, an act deemed to be in contempt of the Assembly.

According to the notice of motion presented by Deputy Speaker Ibrahim Swaleh who is also the Kirimari Ward MCA, the committee will also give the CEC an opportunity to respond to the accusations before submitting a report to the assembly within ten days.

If the Assembly approves the motion, the select committee will comprise of Ibrahim Swaleh (Chairperson), Maurice Macharia(Nginda), Anne Lily Njiru(Nominated), Susan Wairimu Nyagah (Kagaari South and Chair finance) and Samuel Njeru Githumbu(Nthawa).

The impeachment proceedings stem from a series of unanswered communications by the Assembly's Committee on Finance and Economic Planning, dating back to April 2024, requesting budget implementation reports which Kamaria failed to submit.

Failure to comply was cited as a violation of Article 10, 195, and 232 of the Constitution, and the County Assemblies Powers and Privileges Act.

The motion signals the assembly's intent to uphold legislative oversight and accountability in county governance. The coming days will be crucial for the CEC as the committee begins its inquiry into the allegations.