Machakos Deputy Governor impeached as Finance CEC

Machakos Deputy County Governor Francis Maliti has been impeached as the County Executive Committee member for Finance.

This is after Members of County Assembly on Wednesday approved a report by the Ad-hoc committee on the impeachment of Mr. Maliti.

Voting was conducted and 35 MCAs voted to impeach the deputy governor as the Finance boss, none opposed while the rest — 24 lawmakers — absconded.

Addressing the media outside his office on Monday, Governor Alfred Mutua said that Maliti’s impeachment was a political witch hunt, adding that he would continue serving as the Finance CEC.

Governor Mutua accused the MCAs of impeaching the deputy governor to hide their corrupt dealings.

Earlier this week, Governor Mutua had written to the Auditor General to send a team to the County Assembly for a special financial audit focusing on specific areas of concern and individuals. He added that after receiving the audit report, he will study it and take proper action including forwarding it to the EACC and DCI for appropriate action.

Led by Matungulu MCA Cosmas Masesi, the legislators accuse Maliti of failing to discharge his duties at the helm of the Finance docket.

According to the Governor, Maliti had written to the county assembly asking them to provide proper financial statements, expenditure and other relevant financial documents.