Court awards Deputy Speaker Sh200,000 for wrongful impeachmentNakuru County Assembly Deputy Speaker has been awarded Sh200,000 after the court found fault in his impeachment by the Nakuru County Assembly.Samuel Tonui was impeached as a deputy speaker on March 11, 2015 after the county assembly moved a motion to amend various standing orders of the assembly, among them doing away with the requirement to remove deputy speaker by 75 per cent and replacing it with simple majority. This court found that this amendment led to Tonui's impeachment without being accorded enough time to prepare for hearing of the motion. SEE ALSO :Coast governors woo billions for developmentThe court ordered that the amending the standing orders was unconstitutional thereby declaring it as null and void. “A declaration that the petitioner’s right to fair administrative action has been breached by the county speaker,” court ruled. “The petitioner is awarded general damages of Sh200,000 against the speaker, and petitioner shall have costs of the petition,” court directed.

Source: Standard Digital February 14, 2019 15:45 UTC