Governor Mutai lists conditions for working with MCAs after impeachment
By Cy Muganda, August 30, 2025Kericho Governor Eric Mutai has laid out specific conditions for future cooperation with Members of County Assembly (MCAs), following his successful defence against impeachment charges at the Senate.
Speaking shortly after the Senate voted to save him from removal on Friday, August 29, 2025, Mutai outlined his vision for collaborative governance while insisting on clear boundaries and mutual respect among county leaders.
“I’m willing to work with all of them but they must begin to work with respect because justice must come with clean hands,” the governor asserted.
Planned unity meetings
Mutai further announced plans to convene meetings involving all county leadership to foster cooperation and address ongoing tensions.
“We will be calling meetings to work together. All the leaders, members of parliament, senators and everybody will be doing that kind of a meeting,” he revealed.
However, he insisted that such cooperation must come with an end to what he described as disruptive political manoeuvring.
“But at the same time as we do so, we must now become very serious and stop these games, these monkey games that we are pushing up and down,” Mutai stated.
Ending political vendettas
During his address, Mutai warned against continued political vendettas targeting his supporters, reminding all county leaders that their ultimate accountability lies with the electorate.
He noted that voters would judge their performance when the five-year term concludes.
“As we work together with the leadership of Kericho county, we must draw boundaries, create respect within each other and know that we have been given a mandate for five years to deliver for the people of Kericho,” he emphasised.
Impeachment attempt
Friday, August 29, 2025, marked the second time Erick Mutai successfully won against an impeachment attempt.
This latest bid to oust him failed as the Senate, by majority vote, concluded that the County Assembly did not meet the necessary threshold for removal.
In the voting, 26 senators affirmed that the MCAs failed to achieve the required two-thirds majority for impeachment.
Conversely, 16 senators sided with the claim that the Kericho County Assembly had the numbers to pass the motion, while one senator abstained.
The County Assembly had accused the governor of misconduct, misuse of public resources, unlawful staff dismissals, and authorising questionable payments.