Justice Mumbi Ngugi rules that Charged governors should step aside

The High Court has dealt a staggering blow to governors facing graft charges in a landmark ruling that will make corruption an expensive affair in the coming days.

In a sweet victory to the anti-graft agencies, the court ruled that governors charged with corruption should stay away from office and their roles completely taken over by their deputies for the duration of the trial.

Like other civil servants, Justice Mumbi Ngugi ruled, governors should step aside once charged for a criminal offence and declared section of the law protecting them unconstitutional.

She termed Section 62(6) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act which state officers have been using to hang onto office as “entrenching corruption and impunity in the land”.

“It seems to me that Section 62(6) apart from obfuscating…are contrary to the constitutional requirements of integrity in governance, are against the national values and principals of governance and principles of leadership and integrity in Chapter Six,”Ngungi ruled.

Criminal trials take years to conclude.

This means, a governor suspended from office can easily spend his or her entire tenure in the cold, waiting for conclusion of the case.

The verdict is a shocker for county chiefs, coming at a time when the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is hunting down several governors with some already in court…

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-07-25-charged-governors-should-step-aside-judge-rules/

She has a point!! Waititu, Obado, etc…

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sweet

Drag Waititu to court and let Nyoro take over .Stone thrower atakufa na stress

Wueh, hapa deputies ni ku ensure kesi isiishe, pesa iko karibu kuongezeka Kwa watu wako Kwa hiyo ecosystem. Unalipwa hapa kukimbiza kesi, mwingine anakulipa ucheze delay tactics, mwingine analipa prosecutors evidence ipotele, mwingine analipa evidence itoklezee

Hapo swafi , I hope ita apply to all elected leaders . sasa referendum isitoe deputy what about MPs ? Vile 50% are known thugs

Deputies wa “clean Governors” sasa watapeana evidence ndio wachukue usukani…Wacha katambe sasa.

…so the nairobi chokosh might be bright after all?

tukiendelea hivi…hakuna haja ya referendum…all that needs to be done niku clean the mess that is the ambigous consitution

Great stuff. Such legislation should be strengthened even further

What happens if the Deputy loots too ?

County speaker takes over

Ati step down, mtangoja sana, who will enforce this directive?

This is nothing other than a foolish judge overstretching her powers just like odunga. Judges cant go around pulling laws from their wherever

Chief campaigner ndio atakuwa interim MP.

If this directive comes to pass, and Nyoro plays his cards well, no doubt he will be a front runner in Kiambu gubernatorial race in 2022.

Khasia wewe ndio ule Mzee wa paybill husema uko na single digit IQ.

Did you say the same thing when Uhuru and Ruto were in court for Mass Murder, Rape, and other crimes against humanity?

she quoted the constitution unless katiba is her ass siku hizi

Give a reasoned analysis for your conclusion.