Kenya: Kisii Deputy Governor Monda Becomes First to Be Impeached

Nairobi — Robert Monda, the Deputy Governor of Kisii County, has been ousted from office through impeachment, ending a protracted power struggle with Governor Simba Arati.

The decision to remove Monda was reached on Thursday evening following a Senate vote that upheld four charges brought against him by the Kisii County Assembly.

This historic impeachment makes Monda the first deputy governor to face such a fate since the inception of devolution in Kenya in 2013 but he is the second deputy…