Kericho Governor Erick Mutai has, for the second time, survived an impeachment motion after Senate resolved that threshold required was not met.

After three days of intense Senate proceedings, arguments and counter-arguments, witness accounts and cross-examination, Governor Mutain was saved by the Senate on a technicality.

By a majority vote, the Senate resolved that the Kericho County Assembly failed to meet the constitutional two-thirds threshold to oust the governor.

Twenty-six (26) senators voted (No) to affirm that the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) did not meet the threshold, 16 senators voted to confirm that the MCAs met the requirement, while one senator abstained from the vote.

This is the second time Governor Mutai has survived an impeachment on procedural grounds, having survived one in September 2024.

Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi insisted that the Kericho County Assembly electronic voting system deployed during Mutai’s impeachment contravened Article 88 of the Constitution, which dictates that any voting system must be simple, accurate and verifiable.

Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandagor tore down the voting system, questioning how possible it was to develop a system and immediately deploy it forn usage, without even prior tests.

And while Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda concurred with Osotsi and Mandagor, Senator Aaron Cheruiyot warned that the people of Kericho will get justice by all means, even if it means through constitutional bodies like EACC, ODPP and the justice system.