Nyamira senator sounds alarm over Senate impeachment procedures
By Luke Oluoch, December 4, 2025Nyamira Senator Okong’o Omogeni has sounded the alarm over what he has termed as a disturbing trend of the impeachment process being turned into an argument and a lobbying issue rather than affording the members of the County Assemblies a chance to be heard.
Speaking to a local TV station on Thursday, December 4, 2025, Omogeni argued that the MCA should be at the center of the impeachment process and be allowed to have a say in the matter.
Omogeni faulted the approach taken in Amos Nyaribo’s impeachment, specifically voicing his objection to Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot moving the impeachment motion.
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“The issue I have with the procedure we are taking is that we are putting legal technicalities over substantive justice and reducing it to an issue of lobbying on matters of substantive justice. We need to allow MCAs even when we have technicalities of the attempt to stop the process,” he stated.
“It is important we listen to the issues and allow them to be cross-examined; that way we retain the power of being a house that does oversight. I have a problem with the process where we deny MCAs the chance. There is no way you can investigate such matters without listening to the county assembly. We are adopting a disturbing trend,” he added.
Omogeni’s remarks come after the Senate on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, voted to save Nayribo from impeachment on a fourth attempt.
This is after the Senate, led by Speaker Amason Kingi, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, found that the Nyamira County Assembly did not meet the two-thirds threshold required to oust a governor.
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During the session, 38 senators voted to uphold a preliminary objection filed by Nyaribo’s legal team, while only 4 opposed it.
The governor’s legal team, led by Advocate Elias Mutuma, had raised preliminary objections challenging the validity of the County Assembly’s process.
They premised their arguments on technicalities, as the required two-thirds threshold was not met—out of 35 MCAs, only 23 voted.
An outcome that ended the impeachment process as a majority of the lawmakers affirmed the technicality as a clear numerical issue.