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THE STANDARD
KENYA
Council of Governors Chair and Embu Governor Martin Wambora. [File, Standard]
Several county assemblies and the executive are embroiled in wrangles hindering service delivery. The sour relationship has been attributed to political re-alignments ahead of the 2022 elections.
Some governors are facing an uphill task to win the support of the MCAs to approve nominees to fill key positions in the county government, the budget or laws.
In some counties, the MCAs have threatened to impeach governors or assembly Speakers who do not dance to their tune.
In Taita Taveta, a row has erupted between the executive and the assembly over the appointment of 10 programme officers to coordinate development.
THE STANDARD
POLITICS
Members of the Kakamega County Assembly engaged in a fistfight over the tabling of a report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, 2018. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]
A number of county assemblies and the executive are embroiled in wrangles hindering service delivery. The sour relationship has been attributed to political re-alignments ahead of 2022 elections.
Some governors are facing an uphill task to win the support of the MCAs to approve nominees to fill key positions in the county government, the budget or laws.
In some counties, the MCAs have threatened to impeach governors or assembly Speakers who do not dance to their tune.
MCAs Now Demand Additional 500K to Pass BBI
14 February 2021 - 12:48 pm
ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi (Left) and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula at an event in 2019.
Daily Nation
Members of County Assembly (MCAs) from the Western Region are demanding Ksh 500,000 each in order to pass the Building Bridges Initiative Bill (BBI).
The MCAs from Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga and Busia counties warned that if their demands are not met, they will shoot down BBI when it gets to the region.
Some Members of County Assembly from Western Region
The Standard
Vihiga MCA Tom Adingo said that the ward representatives are flat broke, and must be compensated to polarize the document in the region.
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