Mombasa County Assembly on Tuesday passed a motion to impeach Transport CEC Taufiq Balala who is related to Tourism CS Najib Balala.
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The motion to impeach was forwarded by Jomvu Kuu MCA Athman Shebe who accused the CEC of not delivering the mandate of his Transport and Infrastructure docket.
A majority of MCAs supported the motion adding that Mr Balala had also failed to account for Sh3 billion that has been allocated to his docket in the past three years.
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MCA Shebe noted that the impeachment was a warning to Governor Hassan Joho and his administrators that the county assembly will not be used to cover up their shortcomings.
"We have sent out a warning shot that the county assembly is no longer being used by the executive as a rubber stamp.
"It is instead a rubber-stand and we are ready to strike at any incompetent public officer," he stated.
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Governor Joho had differed with MCAs over threats to impeach three of his cabinet members which pushed the governor to threaten the House with dissolution.
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The governor was thereafter summoned by the Senate over the threat and he appeared before the Senate Devolution Committee on Monday.
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The ODM party also summoned 14 MCAs in a bid to resolve the issues between the county assembly and the county government but the MCAs did not show up.
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