Disgraced Nyeri MCAs risk losing seats after fighting

Four Nyeri MCAs risk losing their seats after they were summoned by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (Eacc) following a brawl on Tuesday.

The four: Stephen Mwaniki (Dedan Kimathi), Hudson Gicheru (Mukurwe-ini Central), Paul Ngiria (Chinga) and Johnson Njoroge (Rugi) were involved in a fight at the assembly after they differed on the impeachment motion against Governor Nderitu Gachagua.

According to Regional Eacc director, Jackson Mue, the four if found to have contravened the law might lose their seats.

"Proven unethical conduct will lead to the removal of the ward reps," he said.

“Ward reps are state officers and obligated to conduct themselves in a manner that brings honour to the offices they hold,” he added.

On Friday only two MCAs, Mr Njoroge and Mr Mwaniki, out of the four, were interrogated at the Eacc offices in Nyeri.

Mr Njoroge appeared in the morning while Mr Mwaniki appeared in the afternoon.

They were escorted by their colleagues who camped outside the ant-graft offices.

Mr Njoroge after the probe accused Mr Ngiria of implicating him in the attack.

"He is just a cartoonist walking around pretending he is injured. He slapped me but I did not touch him," he defended himself.

Led by the assembly’s Leader of Majority Duncan Gituanja, the ward reps questioned why the Eacc had not summoned the governor when MCAs were whipped and chased away during a county function in Kabaru ward.

The ward reps said the impeachment motion was still on and would not be intimidated by the summons.

Mr Gituanja said the summons were a strategy to intimidate ward reps pushing for the removal of the governor saying the county boss was using the anti-graft body to fight them now that they tabled the impeachment motion on Thursday at the Assembly.

"We are reading malice in the summons and we want to know why the same action was not taken when we were beaten and humiliated," he said.