Kibwana who had gone out of the country for treatment said, he will officially tender his resignation to speaker of the MCA following a budgetary stalemate between him and the members of his county assembly.
Top county officials have also accused him of misappropriation of funds in the county and that is seen as one of the reasons why Kibwana is opting to resign.
"I have decided that I am not able to be of help to the people of Makueni in this matter. After I leave hospital, I will tomorrow offer a letter of resignation as governor of Makueni County Government. I thank you for the privilege of serving you since March 27, 2013," Kibwana said in a post to the Makueni County Sharing Forum on the Facebook.
Kibwana had allocated the MCA Sh89 million for its operation out of his 5 billion budget. He then later revised the amount upwards to Sh554 million, an amount the MCA did not want to hear either. They demanded a minimum of Sh601 million.
Meanwhile, Makueni senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior said he had not received any official communication over Kinbwana's intended resignation.
Article 182 section 2 states that if the governor’s office falls vacant as a result of death, resignation, conviction of a crime of the office holder, ineligibility of election as a governor, or is removed from office under the constitution, the deputy governor assumes the office of the governor for the remainder of the 5-year term.
That is the law that will see Adelina Ndeto become first woman Governor in the country if Prof Kivutha Kibwana makes good his intention to resign.
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