Kericho Governor Erick Mutai is definately a man of seven lives after surviving his second impeachment hearing this year.
Mutai survived the impeachment motion borught before Senate after it failed to meet the two thirds threshold required for an impeachment motion to sail through.
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“Honorable Senators have tonight voted to reject a motion for impeachment of Hon Dr Erick Mutai, Governor of Kericho County. By a majority vote, Senators resolved that the threshold for his removal by the County Assembly was not met. Hon Mutai, therefore, remains in office.” said Speaker Amason Kingi
A total of 42 Senators voted in the motion with 16 Senators in support of the impeachment, 26 voted against it and only one Senator was absent during the vote.
Mutai had been accused by the MCAs of a number of issues including gross misconduct and abuse office before a vote was done at the county assembly. 33 MCAs voted in support of it.
At Senate, the electronic voting process was quized by some Senators who were of the opion that some of the MCAs logged in the system away from Kericho.
Speaker Amason Kingi confirmed that the threshold was met setting the stage for the Senators to debate on the charges levelled against the Governor.
