A section of Nyamira County Assembly members have vowed to challenge the Senate's decision to overturn the impeachment of Governor Amos Nyaribo for failing to meet the mandatory two-thirds threshold required for an impeachment vote.
During a media briefing on December 4, 2025, the MCAs criticised the Senate's decision to overturn the motion without opening the impeachment case files.
James Mating'a, the Member of County Assembly for Kemera Ward, revealed that the MCAs are not satisfied with the Senate's decision and will be contesting the two-thirds threshold ruling in court.
"We have many ways of dealing with this impeachment, we shall go to court for the court to decide this issue on the number of MCAs that make up the two-thirds," Mating'a said.
Nyamira County Assembly Majority Leader George Mora Abuga also claimed that Senators who were on their side during the impeachment hearing at the Senate on 3rd December 2025 changed their mind after the one-hour break requested by the Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot.
"What happened in that one-hour break that my colleague Majority Leader in the Senate asked for, that the Senate decided to vote on the preliminary objection and three-quarters of them who were supporting us crossed over and supported the preliminary objection?" Abuga asked.
The MCAs claim that the Senate did not discuss important issues that affected Nyamira residents that Governor Nyaribo had been accused of in the impeachment motion.
Governor Nyaribo, in his third impeachment motion, was accused of engaging in, endorsing, and supporting the unlawful and unconstitutional Bunge Mashinani initiative, and giving illegal assent to the Nyamira County Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2024.
Nyaribo was accused of failing to deliver the State of the County Address and Annual Reports, as well as failing to comply with court orders regarding the appointment of Clive Ogwora to the County Executive Committee.
The Assembly also criticised the Governor for conducting staff recruitment without budgetary provision, influencing the irregular appointment of senior human resources officials and enriching himself through irregular salary arrears.
The MCAs cited payroll fraud, the loss of public funds, the Governor’s involvement in dual appointments outside the lawful establishment and the usurpation of the powers of the Auditor-General and the CPSB, among other charges.
With thirty-eight Senators voting to overturn the impeachment motion and only four opposing the preliminary objection by the Governor's legal team, Governor Nyaribo survived impeachment for the third time.
