Relief has been felt by the Mombasa county Transport Executive after surviving an impeachment attempt following a panel of Members of the county Assembly clearing him in six allegations.
The select committee headed by Deputy Speaker Fadhil Makarani tabled its report before the County Assembly on Thursday, clearing Tawfiq Balala of any wrongdoing, hence saving him from an ouster process initiated last month.
The report says the allegations against Balala in the impeachment motion moved by Jomvu Kuu MCA Athman Shebe could not be substantiated.
The allegations included incompetence and violation of the Constitution.
The MCAs who supported the motion had accused Mr Balala of failing to implement a streetlighting project, poor management of revenue collection, failure to formulate department policies and proposals for enactment by the County Assembly and failure to provide leadership to complete projects and programmes.
Meanwhile, wiper candidate Julius Mawathe has retained his Embakasi South seat following the by-elections held on Friday.
In Ugenya, David Ochieng carried the day, giving a blow to ODM’s Chris Karan who had hoped to win back the seat he lost when his election was nullified.