Kenyans will have a role in the removal of a governor if a Bill drafted by an MP is passed into law.

According to the proposed law, either House of Parliament will make a decision whether to show the governor the door or let him stay.

Currently, only the Senate handles impeachment of a governor.

The Bill by Eldas MP Adan Keynan seeks to involve the public, increase the time during which the impeachment would be handled and give the job to either House of Parliament.

Mr Keynan argues that the current process whereby the county assembly enjoys the power to start the impeachment before handing over to the Senate is open to abuse and lacks public participation.

"The last Parliament, in which I sat, came up with (the County Governments Act) and we have realised now there are deficiencies. We have a lacuna in the law. The objective of this Bill is to bring sanity,” Mr Keynan said at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi on Thursday.

The MP noted that because of Embu MCAs move to impeach Governor Martin Wambora, other county bosses have formed alliances with members of their county assemblies to avert a similar situation.

He said this had compromised county assemblies to the extent that some were ready to ignore any improprieties by the governors, which could ultimately derail devolution goals.

"If that state continues, then I’m sure we will not see the expected results we all envisaged to have under devolution,” said Mr Keynan.

He argued that because devolution is more economic than political, the impeachment process needed to be insulated from political alliances that make county assemblies forget their oversight role.

The MP said the Bill was the result of concerns from observing the impeachment and later reinstatement of Mr Wambora, who is again the subject of impeachment hearings in the Senate.

(NATION)