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Fresh trouble is looming for Kiambu governor Kimani Wamatangi months after Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua met Kiambu parliamentarians to rescue him from a planned impeachment.

In what has seen them vent anger despite their one-year dalliance with Wamatangi, Kiambu MCAs now want to impeach the county boss accusing him of dictatorship, failed leadership and inability to manage the county development plan.

In a press briefing at the County Assembly, the MCAs took issue with Wamatangi for being a lone ranger, being unable to work with other leaders and failed inclusion of other key people in decision-making alongside sluggish infrastructural developments at the Ward level.

Also, at the centre of heightened wrangles between the county assembly and executive leadership is Wamatangi’s failure to fully constitute his government for effective service delivery, one year after he assumed office.

Led by Githiga Ward Member of Assembly Ruth Waithera, the MCAs faulted Wamatangi for failing to submit the names of the chief officers to the assembly for approval, a move that has seen him work with those from the former governor James Nyoro’s administration.

Among the key positions that have remained vacant for months is one for the county secretary after Martin Njogu, the former CS resigned months ago.

Among others who have resigned during Wamatangi’s tenure is the county executive committee member for education Biabiane Waiganjo who in April this year cited harsh, oppressive and suppressive working conditions as the reason for exiting the county executive despite having worked for only two months.

The county’s chief of staff Gibson Mburu would later resign followed by County executive committee member in charge of roads Samuel Mugo and his chief officer for roads Daniel Njenga.

“We are here to express our disappointment with Governor Kimani Wamatangi’s government. Our governor has a problem with decision-making, our county chief officers who are the accounting officers have not been in place since we were elected. While an advert was placed last year and shortlisting done, the shortlisted have never been appointed. The acting chief officers have been working as casual labourers as they only get a one-month contract,” Waithera said.

Despite the gazettement of Juja, Kabete, Lari, Kahawa Sukari, Githunguri, and Gatundu municipalities early in the year, the furious MCAs decried that the metropolises have no substantive boards to run them thereby putting the over Sh 1.8 billion that the county receives from the World Bank under Kenya Urban Support Program in jeopardy.

The MCAs have also faulted the county boss for failing to formalize the engagement of his administration with casual workers whom they said are irregularly fired after intense intimidation.

The Ward representatives alleged that since he assumed office, the governor cannot illustrate the projects he has undertaken save the distribution of weeks-old chicks which are sold at exorbitant prices and fertilizer to farmers.

“The governor must henceforth undertake projects that can be accounted for and ones that are sustainable to our people and not giving them chicks that are dying in two days,” another MCA said.

But in a quick response, Wamatangi upheld that he won’t be cowed by the demands of corrupt people claiming that the fights at the assembly are a plot by his political nemesis who are opposed to his leadership style and political stature.

While addressing Gatundu residents during a chicks’ distribution event, Wamatangi argued that his political enemies are using Ward representatives as pawns in a larger scheme to disrepute him.

“I am not fearful; I am not terrified and I’m focused. If I was to fall down, I would have done so a long time ago, I would have been felled by the devil a long time ago and so, nothing shakes me,” Wamatangi stated.