South Mugirango Member of Parliament Sylvanus Osoro has differed with Nyali counterpart Mohammed Ali over the impeachment of Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i.
This is after Moha Jicho Pevu announced on Thursday, October 7, that his motion to impeach the CS is a go after it garnered the required signatures.
In a statement on Friday, October 8, Osoro argued that the Nyali MP's grounds of impeachment do not meet the threshold to oust a cabinet secretary of Matiang'i's stature.
File image of South Mugirango MP Sylvanus Osoro. |Photo| Courtesy|
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"I have gone through the impeachment grounds fronted by Hon. Mohammed this morning and I must say I am disappointed. Why would one want to impeach the CS over his dispute with his governor over some wall??" he was quoted by People Daily as saying.
According to Osoro, Moha's reasons for impeachment the Interior CS bear the signs of a witch-hunt rather than genuine cause.
The South Mugirango MP further argued that all Matiang'i has done is loyally serve President Uhuru Kenyatta.
"On all other operations by the CS, he works under instructions and any sane grown-up should actually commend his loyalty to his boss, the President. Same way I don't like any person undermining me over my loyalty to Dr.William Ruto," he said.
He reiterated that he would only support an impeachment motion against Matiang'i if it bore serious issues.
Osoro distanced himself from the signatures that were collected by Moha, arguing that he did not submit his.
"The president saw it fit to have him in that post and unless I see serious violation of the constitution on his part ,I will not support the imaginary impeachment by some of my colleagues. Those pulling my name on signature no.88, wacheni ujinga. My name does not bear a 'K' anywhere and my constituency is not Kapseret," he stated.
He claims he shared the motion with DP William Ruto, who allegedly also dismissed the motion.
"I have shared with DP Ruto this morning over the same and found out that he is unaware of such a motion and has committed to call upon MPs to focus on matters that touch on common mwananchi. In his words 'it is not time for impeachments, it is time to focus on serious legislative matters like NHIF and fuel prices," he posted.
File image of Nyali MP Mohammed Ali. |Photo| Courtesy|
