Embattled Machakos County Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya has suffered a devastating political defeat after the High Court cleared the way for MCAs to proceed with her long-delayed impeachment. The ruling dismantles the legal shield Kiusya has been hiding behind for months, allowing furious MCAs to finally put her on trial for gross misconduct, incompetence, and corruption allegations. For a Speaker once elevated by Wiper, her political survival now hangs by a thread.
Kiusya has been accused of turning the assembly into her personal kiosk, dismissing dissent with arrogance and bragging that her legal background made her untouchable. Behind the curtain, she is allegedly leaned on Kitui’s embattled Speaker Kelvin Kinengo for survival tactics — a political pairing critics describe as a cartel holding Ukambani assemblies hostage. But with the courts unlocking the impeachment door, her game of legal hide-and-seek is collapsing under its own weight.
Her troubles have been compounded by allegations of betrayal. Though installed by the Wiper Party, Kiusya has reportedly been cozying up to President William Ruto’s UDA, leading delegations of select MCAs to State House. The clandestine visits, alongside Kitui’s Katisya, are viewed by many as a calculated effort to weaken Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka ahead of his 2027 presidential bid something which has raised eyebrows for majority of ukambani residents. The optics of a Speaker allegedly undermining her own party’s political boss have turned her into a marked woman within Wiper’s inner circles.
With Wiper leadership openly blessing her ouster, the knives are out, and her downfall appears inevitable. MCAs have vowed to push the impeachment through, with residents eagerly anticipating the end of what many call a Mugabe-style reign. The once-powerful Kiusya is now cornered, her fate sealed by political betrayal, dwindling allies, and a determined assembly. In Machakos, the message is clear: the era of impunity is over, and Anne Kiusya’s fall is no longer a matter of if — but when.
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