The Senate will on Tuesday decide whether an 11-member team formed by the House Business Committee to conduct impeachment hearings against Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru will stand or not. However, this has also cast integrity doubts on the Senate, given the impression created that individual senators are susceptible to monetary manipulation. The plenary process is more honest, especially on a political issue with a lot of interests. Similar fears are now being expressed in the Waiguru matter, following threats by Kirinyaga MPs, some avowed Ruto allies, against Senate leadership with regard to the impeachment process. SEE ALSO: Waiguru impeachment sparks gender debate onlineWhichever way the Senate settles this, it will have a bearing on the success of the impeachment against Waiguru or lack of it.

Source: Standard Digital June 13, 2020 18:22 UTC