Nyeri Deputy Governor Mutahi Kahiga at past. [Photo|Courtesy]Nyeri Deputy Governor Mutahi Kahiga will on Monday be sworn-in as the county's fourth governor, less than a week after Governor Wahome Gakuru passed on in a fatal road crash.Gakuru was involved in an accident at Kabati along Thika-Murang'a highway on Tuesday morning.Kahiga will take oath of office on Monday afternoon following consultations by the legal team, Council of Governors and the Nyeri County government.The swearing in ceremony was to be held on Wednesday this week but was postponed to pave way for the burial of Gakuru.He is the second governor to die in office after Nyeri's first county boss Nderitu Gachagua who passed on in February this year after long illness. Kahiga has vowed to ensure all projects that his late boss had proposed are implemented, saying everything will be done after consultations with relevant persons.Speaking in Nyeri on Friday, Kahiga noted that there will be a memorial service at Dedan Kimathi University on Tuesday; while all Nyeri county workers will meet at the late Gakuru's home to condole with the family on Wednesday ahead of the state burial ceremony on Saturday November 18.

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