By Mercy Munini
Machakos, June 18, 2025
Machakos, 18 June 2025
Machakos Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya today returned to the High Court to challenge temporary orders that allowed nine suspended MCAs to resume sittings.
The Speaker had originally suspended them for a total of 36 sitting days over allegations of indiscipline and serious violations of Standing Orders and the County Assemblies Act.
In a related development, Kinanie/Mathatani MCA Francis Kavyu and Mbiuni MCA Peter Kilonzo criticised Governor Wavinya Ndeti for suggesting that external actors, including President, CS Mutua, and MPs Caleb Mule, Patrick Makau, and Vincent Musyoka, are responsible for the Assembly’s unrest.
Those suspended include Majority Leader Nicholas Nzioka, Deputy Speaker Stephen Nzue Mwanthi, ousted Minority Leader Judas Mbili Ndawa, and MCAs Felix Mutunga Ngui, Raphael Lucky Nzau, Charles Mbuva, Phoebe Koki, Anna Nthenya Ndilo and Catherine Kyee.
Through her legal team led by Mr Danstan Omari, the speaker is urging the court to vacate the temporary orders, citing “material non‑disclosure” by the petitioners. Omari argued that the MCAs failed to inform the court of key facts—and thus, the orders were granted improperly without allowing Speaker Kiusya to respond.
“These omissions,” Omari told the court, “raise grave concerns about justice and due process.”
Omari also reiterated that any effort to remove or discipline the Speaker—or indeed pursue an impeachment—must follow constitutional and procedural protocols.
Briefing reporters after the court session, Omari challenged Governor Wavinya Ndeti to use the proper impeachment route if she indeed controls the necessary numbers, stating it should not depend on “extraneous orders or disorderly conduct.”
In her defence, Speaker Kiusya’s lawyers presented evidence of a “siege” carried out by the nine MCAs within the Assembly chamber—where they are alleged to have intimidated officials and disrupt proceedings. This, they asserted, justified her decision to suspend them for 36 sittings.
Omari also issued a stern caution to the public: “Do not be incited to unlawfully interfere with the County Assembly’s constitutional functions. Anyone doing so will face the full force of the law.”
The court has reserved its ruling on the application, which will determine whether the ex parte order stands and, by extension, the validity of the suspensions and the veracity of Speaker Kiusya’s authority.
