The Senate is in the process of creating a bill that will protect governors from any form of legal prosecution while in office.
This comes at a time when several county bosses are facing corruption charges, three of whom have been locked out of their offices.
But Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei says that plans are in place to make the county bosses immune, just like the president and his deputy.
In an interview with the Standard, Cherargei said that the move seeks to ensure that governors are not charged until they leave office.
He said that the Senate is concerned that the cases are interrupting service delivery by interfering with the work of the governors.
“Just like the President and his deputy are protected from any form of prosecution while in office, governors should not be charged until when they are out of office,” the Nandi Senator said.
However, he noted that the move should not be taken to mean that senators condone corruption at the county level.
He said that the lower house has realized that some of the cases are being used to settle political scores, hence its attempt to intervene.
“This bill should not be mistaken to mean that we condone corruption. All we want is for services at the counties to continue uninterpreted even when governors are being investigated," he added.
So far, several politicians have already poked holes into the bill, among them Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja, nominated senator Isaac Mwaura and Mombasa senator Mohammed Faki.