Four MCAs have been suspended from the county assembly from what has been described as gross misconduct. Among them is the nominated ‘mafirifiri’ MCA, Mary Njambi. The three namely; Mary Njambi, Nancy Muthami and Laura Mwende have been suspended for 10 days and Mary Arivitsa for 21 days.
They appeared before the, the Power and Privileges Committee in September 2018 to record statements following the fracas that occurred during Beatrice Elachi’s forceful impeachment at city hall. The Power and Privileges Committee suggested a just punishment for the named parties which resulted in their suspension.
Prior to the confrontation, Waithaka MCA Anthony Karanja had filed a notice of motion to impeach the speaker. Close to 103 MCA’s have voted in favor of this motion.
Ms. Elachi on the other hand was not going down without a fight. She was armed with a pepper spray that she used on the MCA’s who stormed her office demanding she vacates. Mary Njambi allegedly led other members of the assembly who stormed the speaker’s office but denied being under the influence of alcohol during the ordeal. In a previous interview, Njambi had claimed that she don’t even know the role of an MCA.
The then Speaker, Beatrice Elachi was accused of several counts of abuse of office, misappropriation of funds being the core claim.