Welcome to Murang’a County where Female MCAs are Punished if they Refuse Sexual Advances from their Male Colleagues

Murang’a County assembly is on the spotlight again. This time a female MCA is accusing the majority leader of engineering her suspension from the assembly because she refused his sexual advances.

Ms  Catherine Wanjiku was suspended for three months after she allegedly stormed majority leader Eric Kamande’s office and hurled insults at him on August 2.

Defending herself, Wanjiku claimed Kamande’s allegations were driven by malice having declined his sexual advances. She said that after turning him down, he vowed to punish her through all means.

Another MCA Ms  Wambui Njoki was suspended for two months after she allegedly assaulted Chief Whip Simon Wamwea during a Liaison Committee retreat after they differed over a plot to remove the position of deputy speaker.

Majority of the assembly backed the motion by Power and Privileges Committee to discipline the two over breach of regulations.

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The motion however,  divided the house, with some members describing the deliberations as uncalled for as they were personal and driven by malice. Members Amos Murigi (Kimorori) and Stanley Muhia (Makuyu) defended Wanjiku saying she should be pardoned as differences between him and Kamande were personal.

“The power and privilege committee should dig and establish if the accusations are true or fabricated,” said Murigi. “She has been accusing me after she failed to clinch a position in the Assembly,” Kamande said.

In January, assembly members clashed in a Kiambu hotel as they deliberated on ways to replace Majority Leader Erick Kamande with Amos Murigi.

In June, members traded blows and exchanged harsh words over the tabling of a report on the county’s development plan.

Trouble started when the county’s Finance Committee chairperson, Mr Kiiru Mbembe took the floor to reject tabling of the County Integrated Development Plan (CIDP) report, saying the Finance minister had not given his input on the paper.

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But his fellow committee members accused him of plotting to sabotage tabling of the report for personal interests. The committee members said they had received the report, deliberated it and were ready to table it.

Tempers flared after Makuyu MCA Stanley Mwangi accused some of his colleagues of receiving bribes to pass the report.

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“We know that some of you have been taken to Mombasa where you were given Sh42,000 to pass the report which has not passed all the legal requirements, ” Mr Mwangi claimed.

Immediately, ward representatives demanded an apology forcing Mr Mwangi to withdraw his statement on orders from the speaker.

More than 10 MCAs are facing criminal charges before Murang’a court in relation to clashes within precincts of the county assembly. Wanjiku and Njoki are among a handful of members who have since fell out with Governor Iria.

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