At least two executive members of Kisii University student body may be ousted from their seats following a compilation of an impeachment motion by a section of students over alleged financial impropriety and fraud.
The two, chairman Rodgers Nyanumba and secretary general Kelvin Okwaro are alleged to have diverted over Sh150,000 donated by Governor James Ongwae as a present to students from different communities a during cultural week in October last year.
Speaking during the collection of impeachment signatures on Wednesday, Davies Kipchumba said he was invoking the student union constitution to fight corruption in the union.
“The student union constitution is very clear. The chairman and his secretary have failed to unfold the mystery surrounding the Sh150,000 donated by the county government. They have to be censured from the union,” he said.
“Corruption is rife in the union and we will not sit back and watch all happening. We have a responsibility as students to work as watchdogs,” he added.
However, the duo have dismissed the allegations as “myopic, baseless and infantry” claiming that they had not been elected to the union by then.
“These are baseless and myopic allegations that are meant to taint our names and the union as a whole. We invite any scrutiny to ascertain the truth and we can as well welcome the impeachment motion,” Nyanumba said.
The impeachment motion needs at least 1,000 signatures from bonafide students of the institution before it is accepted by the Congress for debate.