I’m Being Fought Over My War on Graft – Nyandarua Speaker

Embattled Nyandarua speaker Wahome Ndegwa has dismissed his removal as a ploy to silence him in his fight against corruption. He said it is aimed at forcing him to allow the assembly to be used as the executive’s rubber stamp.

Ndegwa has said this is a desperate act by leaders who are blind to obvious realities of life and ignorant of legal provisions on such a move. He said his purported removal was done without a motion being tabled in the assembly and outside assembly’s sitting time. “I have been told there is talk that the speaker has been impeached. You don’t impeach the speaker without a motion,” Ndegwa said.

He said as the speaker, he will continue to lead the Nyandarua assembly to ensure it undertakes its duties. Ndwegwa said he has been against corrupt executives who want to destroy institutions of checks and balances so they can continue doing what they wish without anyone asking any question. Nyandarua assembly has 39 MCAs. Twenty-nine would be required to remove the speaker. Twenty-four MCAs are against Ndegwa, while 14 are backing him.

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