Migori County Assembly Speaker Boaz Okoth has been ousted following an impeachment motion tabled by Muhuru Ward Representative Hevrone Mahira on Tuesday February 8. In the accusations, Mahira cited mismanagement of the county assembly, abuse of office and misconduct as the major grounds for removal of the speaker. After debate on the floor of the House for over 2 hours, 42 MCA's out of the 46 MCA's who attended the sitting presided over by North Kanyamkago MCA George Omamba, voted for the impeachment motion.

Okoth was among seven county officials charged on February 3 they were arrested over the theft of finance records. They were freed on Sh200,000 surety bond. The Assembly Speaker, Philip Ochieng, Bonface Otieno, Peter Okinyi, John Allan, Vincent Otieno, Jackline Odira and Clifford Ochieng were accused of breaking into Chief Finance Officer’s office at Migori County Assembly between  February 1 and February 2. They were also charged with handling stolen property.