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"content": "of the County Governments Act, 2012;"
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"content": "(v) Section 4 of the Public Appointments (County Assemblies Approval) Act; (vi) Section 4 of the Fair Administrative Action Act; (vii) Section 6 of the Meru County Investment and Development Corporation Act; (viii) Section 9 (7) (b) of the Meru County Revenue Board Act; (ix) Section 10 (6) of the Meru County Investment and Development Corporation Act; and, (x) Section 19 of the Meru County Water and Sanitation Services Act, by engagement, connivance and/or complicity in the following- (1) Illegally revoking the appointment of CPA Virginia Kawira Miriti as Secretary/CEO of the Meru County Public Service Board, without a vote of not less than 75 per cent of all the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) and in usurpation of the powers of the County Assembly, contrary to Sections 58 (4) and (5) and 59A of the County Governments Act. (2) Failing to appoint the Chairpersons of the Meru County Revenue Board, Meru Microfinance Corporation, Meru Youth Service Board and Meru County Investment and Development Corporation Board as required by law, thus failing to operationalize the said Boards, and/or illegally appointing the said Chairpersons without vetting and approval by the County Assembly contrary to Section 4 of the Public Appointments (County Assemblies Approval) Act. The respective secretariats of the said boards continue to draw and expend public funds without duly appointed board members to exercise a supervisory role over the boards’ secretariats in order to ensure accountability in the spending of funds, thus jeopardizing service delivery. (iii) Refusing to implement the recommendations and/or resolutions of the County Assembly requiring the Governor to- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services, Senate."
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"content": "(a) To dismiss the County Secretary, Dr. Kiambi Atheru Thambura, and the Chief of Staff, Mr. Harrison Gatobu Nchamba Mbithi from office for gross violation of the Constitution and other laws; and, (b) Blatantly ignoring or failing to submit a report to the County Assembly on the implementation of the said recommendations within 60 days as required in the Report of the County Assembly dated 23rd December, 2023, contrary to Article 183(3) of the Constitution."
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"content": "(iv) Illegally dismissing Dr. Ntoiti, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of County Revenue Board, Mr. Paul Mwaki, CEO of Liquor Board, Mr. Kenneth Kimathi Mbae, Managing Director of Meru Microfinance Corporation and Mr. Joseph Kithure Mberia, CEO of MEWASS; in the usurpation of the powers of the appointing authorities, contrary to Section 9(7)(b) of the Meru County Revenue Board Act and Section 10(6) of the Meru County Investment and Development Corporation Act. As a result of which, the County Government of Meru has been slapped with costs and damages amounting to Kshs4 million by the Employment and Labour Relations Court."
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"content": "(2) Gross Misconduct"
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"content": "The Governor has engaged in gross misconduct by-"
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"content": "Deliberately and knowingly misleading the public by giving false information that Kshs86,000,000 had been raised through the Paybill Number 247247, Account Number 0400163917899, established after the murder of Daniel Muthiani alias Sniper, while the correct position is that only Kshs286,516. was raised, thus violating the moral and ethical requirements expected of State Officers, contrary to Section 19 of the Public Officer Ethics Act and Section 29 of the Leadership and Integrity Act."
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"content": "(3) Abuse of Office"
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"content": "The Governor has engaged in acts and omissions, which singularly and collectively amount to abuse of office and gross violation of (among others) Articles 10, 73, 201, 226(5) and 232 of the Constitution, Sections 8, 12, 13(2) and 35 of the Leadership and Integrity Act, 2012 and Sections 45(2) and 46 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act by the following- (i) The irregular payment of emergency call allowances to 161 doctors and medical officers using the wrong rates leading to excessive payment of Kshs74,340,000, contrary to Sections 45(2) and 46 of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act and Sections 11 and 15 of the Public Officer Ethics Act and Section 12(1) of the Leadership and Integrity Act; (ii) Use of manual payroll to pay personnel emoluments amounting to Kshs102.94 million, which is 3.1 per cent of personnel emoluments costs, contrary to Section 6.7.6 of the County Financial Accounting and Reporting Manual; (iii) Employing a bloated workforce of at least 111 personal staff in the office of the Governor, thus contributing to an increase in the wage bill by more than Kshs500 million, and an excessive wage bill that is 49 per cent of the annual revenue allocation, far beyond the 35 per cent limit set by Section 25 (1)(a) and (b) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015; and, (iv) Paying Kiambi Christus Manyara, a Public Communication Officer in the office of the Governor his full salary and benefits while in remand and despite being accused of murder, contrary to Section 4.2 of the Public Service Commission Discipline Manual for the Public Service. Hon. Kawira Mwangaza, how do you plead to the three charges; guilty or not guilty?"
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"content": " Not guilty. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services, Senate."
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