Nakuru County Assembly Speaker Joel Maina Kairu has survived impeachment after 32 members voted against the motion to remove him from office.
Only 45 members voted for the motion falling short of the 59 required.
The motion that was moved by Biashara Ward MCA Peter Njoroge Nyaguthii and seconded by Kihingo MCA George Kiere and accused Kairu of abuse of office, illegal hiring and misuse of public funds.
The motion also claimed that the Speaker had denied MCAs chance to travel abroad and benchmark on various projects.
However when the temporary Speaker Samuel Tonui gave a chance to speaker Kairu to defend himself as per Standing Orders, he said he had shown ethics in all the actions and his performance.
“If there is any person who has shown integrity is I Joel Maina Kairu and I will continue to do the same,” he said.
The motion saw a heated debate among the MCAs in the house at one particular time the temporary speaker had difficulties in controlling the house.
However after several hours of debate on the motion with every member giving their views, there came time to vote.
After those against Kairu were defeated, the temporary speaker declared that the embattled Speaker will continue to serve.
“Order honorable members, those who voted for yes are 45 members while those who voted for no are 32 members and as per Standing Orders of this house, this clearly shows that the motion was defeated and so the Speaker should continue serving as the Speaker of Nakuru County assembly,” Tonui said.
Addressing media after the motion failed to sail through, Kairu commended the county assembly members, Senator Susan Kihika and MPs Samuel Arama (Nakuru west) and David Gikaria (Nakuru Town East) who stood with him during the hard times.
He said the focus now will be to put things in order and serve the common citizen who elected them.