The trial of impeached Wajir Governor Mohammed Abdi started in the Senate on Wednesday morning. The governor is represented by a team of lawyers led by Paul Nyomodi and Ndegwa Njeru. Chairman Okong'o Omogeni (Nyamira) read out the ground rules and ordered the clerk to start reading the charges against the governor. Abdi denied all the charges levelled against him by the county assembly. He is accused of overseeing the county accumulate huge debts amounting to more than Sh2 billion, failing to file quarterly expenditure reports to the county assembly and nonremittance of requisitioned funds by the county assembly amounting to Sh70.21 million.

Source: The Star May 12, 2021 08:25 UTC