Kericho Governor Mutai claims impeachment process was rigged
By Cy Muganda, August 16, 2025Kericho Governor Erick Mutai has dismissed his impeachment by the county assembly as illegitimate, claiming the voting process was rigged with predetermined results.
Speaking to the media shortly after his impeachment on Friday, August 15, 2025, Mutai stated that the electronic voting system was compromised, which allowed some assembly staff to have pre-voted before the official session began.
“There was no impeachment in Kericho. We raised our issues on the floor of the House, and we came in person. We raised our issues that an election has already been done,” Mutai declared.
“And we know, and I can confirm, that nine staff of the County Assembly had already been given the link to pre-vote,” he added.
Voting system concerns
According to Mutai, the entire voting system was designed to produce a specific outcome regardless of the actual sentiments of assembly members.
“Because already they had made up their mind, they created a system that was already rigged and the results were predetermined,” he charged.
He described the voting pattern, which he said demonstrated the predetermined results.
“That explains why, at the beginning of the voting, it began with six votes, not one vote, but six votes. Then it went to around 20-something, then in a short time, it went to 32, then 33. It confirms what his cronies have been saying, that we are 33 or 34 in number,” the governor explained.
The governor further questioned why electronic voting was used when all 47 assembly members were physically present for the session.
He argued that the system lacked proper authorisation and verification from relevant authorities.
“And the simple question I ask is this: why do you resort to voting dryness when 47 members of the Assembly are physically there? What is so difficult in asking people to stand, and then you count them?” Mutai asked.
“But we know the system does not meet the standards. It’s not been verified by IEBC, it has not been verified by any government authority body,” Mutai reiterated.
Legal action
Despite the impeachment outcome, Mutai maintained that he will accept the results if the process is conducted fairly and transparently.
“We only ask them for a simple thing, fairness. Because I said as a governor of the county, that if there is a mistake, if the Assembly feel like they should impeach me, then I am ready to go home with my head high, where fairness and justice is done, or is seen to be done,” he stated.
Mutai indicated that he plans to challenge the impeachment through legal channels, claiming to have additional evidence of irregularities.
“And we also have other evidence that we are going to submit in court and in the Senate,” he concluded.