The planned impeachment of embattled Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado has flopped.
This comes after the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party dropped its push to have Obado removed from office, according to The Standard.
A sub-committee of the ODM Central Management Committee is said to have held a meeting on Thursday and resolved to end the push for Obado’s impeachment.
The sub-committee argued that the impeachment bid had threatened to paralyze operations in Migori county assembly and service delivery in the county.
“It was agreed that the motion be dropped to restore political stability in the county. He is expected to support the party fully in its activities.”
“The meeting resolved to invite the Members of the County Assembly for a meeting before the decision on the motion is made public,” an inside source told The Standard.
ODM secretary-general Edwin Sifuna confirmed the sub-committee met to discuss various issues affecting Migori county including the need to have uninterrupted service delivery.
“A sub-committee of the ODM Central Management Committee has today met with the governor of Migori Okoth Obado, to discuss, among others, the need for continued service delivery by the county government under the prevailing circumstances, party unity and harmony in the assembly.”
“The meeting agreed on the need for further engagement with other key stakeholders, including the County Assembly of Migori and the local ODM leadership,” Sifuna said in a statement.
The tabling of Obado’s impeachment motion in the county assembly failed last month after chaos broke out as rival MCAs clashed over the planned ouster.
The governor is facing graft-related charges for irregularly receiving over Sh73 million from county government coffers.
Obado is said to have indirectly received Sh73.4 million from companies that traded with the county government between 2013 and 2017. The money was wired to bank accounts owned by his children and proxies.
