Mwangaza Dumps Ruto’s UDA Party Claiming They Orchestrated Her Impeachment

Impeached Meru County Governor Kawira Mwangaza has announced her plans to ditch the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party just a few days after the High Court upheld her impeachment, according to her spouse.

Speaking on Sunday, her husband Murega Baichu relayed that Mwangaza, who had won the Meru gubernatorial seat on an independent ticket, had begun the process of becoming a UDA party member but had ultimately decided to quit.

“Kawira Mwangaza had already decided to become a member of the UDA party and I had also registered as a member. I had even paid the membership fee. I had registered as a potential candidate with a UDA ticket here in Meru County,” Baichu revealed.

Baichu added that the decision had been arrived at after the party abandoned Mwangaza during her impeachment, failing to declare a clear stance.

According to Baichu, the last time the party had tried to help Mwangaza was back when Cleophas Malala was the Secretary-General, with him writing to the county government and urging the Members of the County Assembly to cease the process.

However, Malala was reportedly kicked out of his position shortly after and the party stopped the support.

“Cleophas Malala wrote a letter to Meru County Assembly and also to ZK, a nominated MCA from the UDA party and at that time, as the Secretary-General, called for a stop in the impeachment process stating that it was the party’s stance,” Baichu revealed.

“That is the only time we witnessed the UDA Party declaring a stance on the impeachment process calling for a pause until the Party had a chance to speak on the issue.”

Furthermore, the Meru County first gentleman alleged that behind the scenes the UDA party had been pushing for her impeachment despite Mwangaza’s loyalty to the ruling party.

Baichu further announced that she would be vying again, but this time with their own party that had already been registered and had a presence in over 35 counties.

Within the week, Baichu added that Mwangaza would be announcing the new party if she agreed to be the party leader as has reportedly been requested. In the meantime, he clarified that they are still aligned to the government’s side.

On Friday, the High Court upheld the Senate’s decision to impeach the embattled Governor after months of fighting the MCA’s impeachment.

She had been accused of several infractions including gross misconduct, abuse of office, and gross violation of the constitution. Her successor Isaac Mutuma was on Monday morning sworn in, just three days after the ruling.