The High Court sitting in Kerugoya has reinstated ousted Embu Governor Martin Wambora Nyaga and declared his impeachment null and void. The court in its ruling also found that Embu County Assembly speaker Justus Kariuki Mate could face contempt of court charges for instituting the impeachment of Wambora despite a High Court order that had barred the process.
The judges said that, "had the Senate investigated Wambora's case, it would discover it was done in violation of the court order in the County Assembly," adding that in their view, it was not the intention of the framers of the constitution to make the lustre of a governor so easy.
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