Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen has demonstrated a move to have a High Court Judge preside over the swearing in ceremony of Dr James Nyoro as the new Kiambu County governor.
According to Murkomen, a High Court Judge cannot preside over swearing in of a Deputy Governor to be a Governor before 10 days are over.
Murkomen further notes that the judge cannot also preside over the ceremony before they Gazette the date, time and place for conducting the swearing in Ceremony.
He has condemned the Judiciary for dispatching a judge to conduct the process.
“A High Court Judge cannot preside over swearing in of DG of Kiambu to be a Governor before 10 days are over and before they Gazette the date, time and place for conducting the swearing in Ceremony. But you know what ? Everything is working like a clock in the new Kenya,” tweeted Murkomen.
A High Court Judge cannot preside over swearing in of DG of Kiambu to be a Governor before 10 days are over and before they Gazette the date, time and place for conducting the swearing in Ceremony. But you know what ? Everything is working like a clock in the new Kenya pic.twitter.com/V3LZhFKx6p
— KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, E.G.H (@kipmurkomen) January 30, 2020
In a statement Thursday morning, the Judiciary indicated that Justice John Onyiego will preside over the scheduled swearing-in.
Nyoro’s swearing in ceremony is currently underway.
The event comes barely hours after the Senate on Wednesday night voted to uphold the impeachment of Mr Waititu after the House found him guilty of gross misconduct, abuse of office and engaging in corruption.
A total of 38 senators were in the House when the vote to kick Mr Waititu out office was taken.
28 senators convicted the governor on all three counts levelled against him by the Kiambu County Assembly and voted to remove him from office.
In the first count of violating the Constitution, 27 senators voted to impeach the governor while 12 voted against it.
In the second count, in which the governor was accused of violating national laws, 28 senators voted for his ouster while 11 opposed it, with the same pattern being repeated on the third count of gross misconduct.
Waititu is currently at Milimani Law Courts seeking orders to stop Nyoro’s swearing in ceremony.
He is also challenging his impeachment.