President Uhuru Kenyatta has declined to suspend the Makueni County Government over what he terms as lack of 'justifiable grounds'.
Through a statement sent to newsrooms on Sunday, the President rejected a report by a Commission of Inquiry, recommending that the Makueni government be dissolved.
According to President Kenyatta, however, the claims cited for the suspension of the government do not meet the high bar set for the exercise of such special powers.
The head of state further maintained that circumstances must be exceptional and extraordinary for the exercise of the power to extinguish an elected government.
Kenyatta is also said to have based his decision on grounds that the constitutional, legal and political architecture in place, provide sufficient alternative mechanisms to deal with mal-administration, corruption and ineptitude.
He further acknowledged the need for better management of intra-county conflicts, to keep them from escalating and disrupting service delivery.
The Head of State termed the decision to suspend the Kivutha Kibwana-led government as grave and one that should only be exercised sparingly and in the most exceptional circumstances.
In November, 2014, Makueni residents petitioned the President to dissolve the Governor Kibwana-led government citing among other reasons that the wrangles in the county's leadership were adversely affecting development of the county.
The probing commission led by Mohamed Nyaoga on September 3, submitted to the President its report recommending the county's suspension.
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