Nairobi, March 15 -- Kisii Deputy Governor Robert Monda has been impeached by the Senate after senators voted to uphold all four charges brought against him by the Kisii County Assembly.

The former Nyaribari Chache MP is the first deputy governor to be removed from office through impeachment since the counties were established in 2013.

A total of 11 governors and three deputies have been impeached by Members of County Assemblies since 2013, but only two - former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko and Ferdinand Waititu (Kiambu) - were successfully removed from office, with the others being rescued by the senate and the courts. Mr Monda is the fourth deputy governor to be impeached by a county assembly.

At the heart of the allegations that sent...