By Winnie Kabintie

Professor Margaret Kobia, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Public Service and Gender has received a public backlash for condemning Kirinyaga MCA’s for impeaching governor Anne Waiguru, saying they “do not value strong women leadership”.

Margaret Kobia, in a statement issued a day after Waiguru was impeached by a majority vote, said it was unfortunate that the governor’s term was being cut short by an impeachment motion.

“It’s unfortunate that Anne Waiguru’s term is being cut short by an impeachment motion, this is an indicator that some of us do not value strong women leadership,”.

Personal Allegiance

Kobia’s statement alludes more to a “personal allegiance” to Waiguru and narrowing down her impeachment to gender erodes her objectivity on the alleged illegalities surrounding the governor’s ouster.

While Waiguru is among the four female governor’s historically elected in the 2017 elections in the male-dominated gubernatorial positions, she is not the only female leader whose office has been “politically” challenged, in fact, she is the only female among the five governor’s that have been impeached so far.

Double Standards?

Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika, who did not take Prof Kobia’s statement kindly took to twitter to express what she termed as “double standards” by the CS, who never uttered a word on “female leadership” when she was ousted as the Senate majority chief whip.