Zipporah Kinya, the Member of County of Assembly (MCA) from Meru County has withdrawn the latest impeachment motion tabled against Governor Kawira Mwangaza.
The motion was the fourth attempt to hound the embattled county chief out of office adding to the many twists recorded in the never ending political disagreements in the county.
The withdrawal of the motion comes shortly after the Njuri Ncheke Council of Elders declined to be involved in the mediation after a court referred the case to them.
While declining to mediate the case, the elders stated that they could not intervene in political matters in their county.
“This is politics and it entails a lot, those who want to politic let them not involve Njuri Njeke,” the elders stated.
Further, the elders maintained that while they may be a party to solving other disputes, those revolving around politics were out of their jurisdiction.
“We are not part of politics! The Meru community is ours but we shall not be involved in the politics,” they added.
While referring the case to Njuri Njeke on Monday, the court requested the Council to follow President William Ruto's guidance who had directed leaders from the region to rein in on the squabbling parties.
"Njuri Njeke Supreme Council of Ameru Elders are hereby ordered to submit their resolution or lack of it on the dispute between the parties herein as directed by the President of the Republic of Kenya not later than three weeks from today," the Meru High Court ordered.
Interestingly, Mwangaza’s case may not be the last to be referred to a Council of Elders for resolution.
Supreme Court judge Smokin Wanjala on Monday pleaded with Kenyans to embrace Alternative Justice Systems saying it offers solutions to conflicts as compared to the formal justice system which only delivers judgments.
The move to launch the alternative justice system is aimed at reducing the case backlog which has piled up in courts across the country.
