Wamatangi: State using graft cases to derail me
Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi claims that the national government is using corruption investigations and legal challenges to derail his administration. He alleges that these actions are retaliation for his refusal to participate in land-grabbing schemes involving public property.
Why it matters
The allegations highlight ongoing tensions between local county leadership and the national government in Kenya, raising concerns about the politicization of anti-corruption efforts.
Kiambu County Governor Dr Kimani Wamatangi before the Senate Standing Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources at Bunge Tower, Nairobi, on July 21, 2026.
Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi has said his fallout with the national government had led to his prosecution on fictitious charges.
The county boss on Monday revealed that powerful people within the government had hatched a plan to sponsor a motion to have him impeached by the county assembly after he refused to participate in a conflict of interest in which senior government officials wanted to grab land under the guise of constructing affordable housing.
Mr Wamatangi never revealed the identities of the powerful people behind the alleged land grabbing, and there is no evidence to support his assertions.
He was speaking in Kiambu when he enumerated his achievements since he took office.
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