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Senator Thangwa tables Bill seeking to raise threshold for impeaching governors

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Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza is consoled by her husband Murega Baichu after she survived her second impeachment by the Senate on November 8, 2023, at the Parliament buildings, in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

It will not be easy to impeach governors, county assembly Speakers, deputy governors, county secretaries and County Executive Committee members if a Bill by Kiambu Senator Karungo Thangwa is passed by the Senate.

Thangwa through the County Government (State Officer's Removal from Office) Procedure Bill 2023 which is before the Senate seeks to put in place a legal framework for the removal from office by way of impeachment of the county government officials.

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