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Kawira Mwangaza

Kenyan politician who was Governor of Meru County from 2022 until her removal by Senate impeachment in August 2024, and earlier Member of the National Assembly for Meru County.

Latest ruling source 17 Mar 2025Docket checked 26 Oct 20267 sources

  1. Question

    What did the court decide?

  2. Where it stands

    On appealWhere it stands

    1 case recorded. Most recent: Mwangaza v Speaker of the Senate of Kenya; Council of Governors & 6 others (Interested Parties) (on appeal).

  3. Detail

    Mwangaza v Speaker of the Senate of Kenya; Council of Governors & 6 others (Interested Parties)

    On appeal
    Court
    High Court of Kenya at Milimani (Constitutional and Human Rights Division)
    Case number
    Petition E429 of 2024; [2025] KEHC 3069 (KLR)
    Filed
    21 Aug 2024
    Parties
    Kawira Mwangaza (Petitioner) v Speaker of the Senate (Respondent); Council of Governors, FIDA Kenya and others (Interested Parties)

    What was claimed

    Sought to quash the Senate's 21 August 2024 resolution removing her as Governor and Gazette Notice No. 10351, citing fair-hearing, sub judice and procedural grounds.

    What the court decided

    On 14 March 2025 Justice Bahati Mwamuye dismissed the amended petition as without merit, affirmed the gazette notice on her removal, and ordered each party to bear its own costs.1 2

  4. Judgments and reports

    1. PrimaryMwangaza v Speaker of the Senate of Kenya; Council of Governors & 6 others [2025] KEHC 3069 (KLR)Kenya Law · 14 Mar 2025
    2. SecondaryKawira Mwangaza files an appeal challenging her ousterK24 Digital · 17 Mar 2025

Legal status: Public Figure Record Verified

Docket note

26 Oct 2026 Published after review.

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