Governor Mutai calls for unity in Kericho, says impeachment tussles disrupt services
Kericho Governor Eric Mutai has expressed concern that impeachment wrangles within the county have disrupted the delivery of critical services.
Speaking to a local TV station on Monday night, September 22, 2025, the governor urged leaders to set aside political competition and focus on the people’s needs.
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“Impeachment processes disrupt government services. MCAs are simply polls of larger political matrices, of larger political competition,” he stated.
The governor called for unity, saying the county is bigger than any individual or political grouping.
“I have reached out to senior religious leaders in the county, and I have reached out to the leadership of the County Assembly. We agree that despite our political competition and interests, the county is bigger than all of us.”
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He emphasised the need for reconciliation, noting that leaders across the divide had agreed to put the county first despite their differences.
“We apologise that we have let you down, that we have treated you with tension and uncertainty. I commit that we are working on a process of bringing everybody together so that we all pull in the same direction to actualise the promises that we gave to our people,” he added.
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Mutai’s impeachment
Kericho Governor Erick Mutai survived a second impeachment attempt by the County Assembly, cementing his grip on power despite mounting political pressure.
The division of votes cast by senators on Friday, August 29, 2025, resulted in 16 ayes, 26 nays, and 1 abstention, falling short of the threshold required to remove the governor from office.
Speaker of the Senate, Amason Kingi, while giving the final verdict after the voting process, stated that since the Senate found the threshold of 32 Members of the County Assembly had not been met, the impeachment proceedings would immediately terminate and the Senate would not proceed to hear the charges.
He added that the results of the division showed the threshold was not achieved, which consequently led to the termination of the impeachment hearing.
“In the event that the Senate finds the 32-member threshold of the county assembly was not met, then the impeachment proceedings shall immediately terminate and the Senate shall not proceed to determine the impeachment charges,” Kingi said.
“The results of the division indicated that the results has been negative; consequently, the impeachment hearing is hereby terminated.”
The motion to oust him was launched on August 15, 2025, after 33 of the 47 Kericho MCAs voted in support of the motion, crossing the constitutional threshold.
The County Assembly accused the governor of misconduct, misuse of public resources, unlawful staff dismissals, and authorising questionable payments.
