Nakuru Senator Tabitha Karanja has given Governor Susan Kihika an ultimatum to resign following bizarre occurrences in the county that culminated in her conviction and sentencing to six months in prison.
The Senator urged Governor Kihika to resign from office immediately or she would kick start the process of impeaching her from office.
According to Karanja, the Governor did not heed the resignation calls, members of the Nakuru County Assembly (MCAs) should impeach her.
Senator Tabitha demands Governor Susan Kihika’s resignation. Photo: Courtesy.
If this does not work, Karanja noted that she would table a vote of no confidence in the Senate, adding that senators have agreed to back her bid.
“Where are our MCAs? You are supposed to impeach Her Excellency Susan Kihika, our Governor. If you fail to do so, I will table a vote of no confidence but I am begging her to honourably resign.She has failed in her leadership of Nakuru County. That one I can tell her for free. There is no way we can keep having people living with disabilities protesting because their children’s bodies are missing from morgues. We have a young man who was taken by KWS at Lake Nakuru and is still missing.”
The senator moreover stressed the gravity of the crime Kihika was convicted of, which centered on dumping waste into Lake Nakuru.
“Our Governor has been sentenced to six months in jail or a fine of Ksh2 billion. What is important is what she was convicted for. The Court said that the Governor had been issued a court order stopping her from dumping sewage in Lake Nakuru but she defied it. This is a very huge offence that no other City in the world has experienced. It’s like the Governor wanted to kill us all. People fish in that lake, people swim in it and our animals that attract tourism in this county also drink water from the same lake. Our flamingoes, which are the branding of our county’s logo, have started migrating from Nakuru.”
Recently, the Governor was ordered to serve a six-month jail term over contempt of a court.
Kihaka, alongside her County Water and Sanitation Services Chief Executive Officer, was ordered to serve a six-month civil jail term or pay a Ksh2m fine.
According to Justice Antony Omwayo of the Environment and Land division, the two had failed to comply with previous orders issued on September 26 last year, directing them to cease the illegal waste disposal into Lake Nakuru.
