Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei now claims that the ongoing offensive on governors with regards to the fight on corruption has something to do with the executive.
The lawmaker says that the executive is out to strangle devolution and is using the judiciary to realize its goals, hence the barrication of some governors from office.
He says that the executive has instilled fear in the courts, and is using the same fear to have the judiciary lock governors out of the office with the intention of crippling devolution.
"The Judiciary is driven by morbid fear because its resources were slashed. That’s why I propose a change to the Constitution to give county chiefs immunity against any form of prosecution," Cherargei is quoted by the Sunday Nation.
The Senate Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee Chair says that there need to be changes that will see the governor protected from prosecution until when out of office.
"According to our Constitution, only the voter has the power to remove a leader from office. It’s not the work of courts, the DCI or DPP, which has become the Directorate of Political Persecution," he noted.
Already, governors Mike Sonko (Nairobi), Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu) and Moses Lenolkulal (Samburu) have been locked out of office after being charged with graft cases.