Kisii deputy governor, Robert Monda, has been impeached by the Senate after a majority of senators on Thursday, March 14, voted to uphold all the four charges that had been brought against him by the Kisii county Assembly.
Monda, a former MP for Nyaribari Chache, becomes the first deputy governor to be removed from office through an impeachment motion since the inception of devolution in 2013.
The Senate, in a decisive move, voted to remove Monda from office over a series of grave misconduct allegations.
The impeachment followed voting by Senators, who upheld all four charges of gross violation of the Constitution or law, abuse of office, gross misconduct and crimes under national law, which were levelled against the deputy county chief.
“The Senate has upheld the removal from office, by way of impeachment, of Robert Monda, the deputy governor of Kisii County, and therefore Robert Monda ceases to hold office forthwith,” Speaker Amason Kingi announced while delivering the verdict.
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Central to the charges was the accusation that Monda solicited and received a bribe of Sh800,000 from Dennis Misati and his family under the pretense of securing Misati a job at the Gusii Water and Sanitation Company (GWASCO).
It was further alleged that Monda sent Sh100,000 to GWASCO’s managing director in an attempt to influence Mokaya’s employment, though this request was ultimately rejected.
Beyond the employment dispute, Monda stood accused of misusing county resources by deploying enforcement officers to arrest his brother over a personal matter involving felled trees.
The impeachment process was set in motion on February 29, 2024, when the Kisii County Assembly approved a motion to remove Monda from office.
This decision was formally communicated to the Senate on March 1, 2024 through a letter received by the speaker’s office on March 2.
Pursuant to Article 181 of the Constitution and Section 33 of the County Governments Act, the Senate was obliged to consider the matter.
After hearing of evidence and debate, the Senate’s verdict was unequivocal, with 39 out of 43 delegations confirming his culpability on the first two charges. Monda’s conduct was deemed unfit for office.
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