Anne Waiguru: Kirinyaga MCAs finally reach agreement with Governor

Kirinyaga Members of County Assembly have agreed to work with Governor Anne Waiguru after reaching a consensus following three weeks of private reconciliation talks in Nairobi.



Speaking on Thursday morning, Majority Leader James Kamau Murango, who is also the Kerugoya Ward MCA, said the reconciliation talks were chaired by Mt. Kenya Foundation leaders led by Peter Munga.



Murango also disclosed that the talks were only focused on the KSh5.6 billion 2020-2021 county budget.



“We agreed Waiguru will also withdraw the budget court case where we were represented by our lawyer Ndegwa Njiru,” Murango said.



Governor Waiguru had been accusing the county assembly of arm twisting the Executive while trying to settle political scores after the defiant 25 out of 35 MCAs voted to reject her memorandum on the budget.



“It is Mt Kenya Foundation leaders who approached the Assembly,” Wamumu Ward MCA John Bapstita Kanga said.



The agreement will also see the County Government pay 72 health workers who were reinstated after they had been sent home for engaging in a strike.



Last week, the MCAs had issued a seven-day ultimatum to Governor Waiguru to pay county government employees, failure to which they would table another motion to impeach her.



In June, Waiguru survived an impeachment after the Senate dismissed the abuse of office and gross misconduct charges against her.