The Council of Governors (CoG) unanimously ousted Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga from the Vice Chair’s position.
This follows his remarks that seemed to mock the death of RailaOdinga.
The governors met Wednesday morning in Nairobi.
“We wish to reiterate our deep disappointment in the governor…
We condemn these utterances, which were both untimely and unacceptable—especially during this period of national mourning,” said Abdullahi.
Addressing the press on Wednesday in Nairobi, CoG chairperson Ahmed Abdullahi said that Kahiga’s remarks were his own and do not reflect the views of the Council.
He further noted that the Council will announce its next meeting to elect a new Vice Chairperson.
“The CoG extends its sincere apologies to the family of the late Odinga on behalf of the 47 counties, as we continue to mourn together with them,” he noted.
Governor Kahiga sparked outrage on Tuesday at a burial ceremony in Nyeri, after he suggested that Odinga’s death was God’s plan to get the Mt Kenya region back to benefiting from State resources that had been diverted elsewhere.
In the short video that has gone viral on social media, Kahiga claimed that the political arrangement between President William Ruto and the late Odinga had shifted government development priorities toward the Nyanza region.
“You guys can see, you can see what had been planned but God brought something up.
Now it’s total confusion. Everybody can see that.
We did not harbor hate for anyone but God came through for us.
Because the plan that had been hatched if you look keenly, for you who do not travel because I was in that region, all goodies were being directed there because of tomorrow’s plans because it seemed like they did away with us but God came and brought this thing,” Kahiga said in Kikuyu dialect.
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