During its visit to Kitui County, a Senate committee met MCAs and Speaker Kevin Kinengo Katisya at the Assembly chambers. The Senate Finance and Budget Committee took issue with a large number of pending bills at the county government calling for a solution to be arrived at.
Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale voiced concerns upon knowing that Kitui County Assembly doesn't have any fuctional sectoral committees. This, he said, was a time bomb, urging concerned leaders to act swiftly for smooth running of county assembly oversight role.
Senator Khalwale called upon Kitui Governor Dr Malombe and other leaders to show the way in resolving the stalemate.
In his response, Governor Malombe said the differences in the August House were not traceable to the County Executive which he heads. He said problems started when Wiper party which is the majority party changed its leadership but they were not recognized by Speaker Kevin Kinengo Katisya.
"The Wiper Secretary General and Senator Shakila Abdalla who is here communicated to the Kitui Assembly the decision to change the leadership but was ignored forming the genesis of the wrangling".
Additionally, the governor said that MCAs stopped the constitution of new MCAs to serve in the sectoral committees. They moved to court and obtained orders stopping formation of new committees.
The 'Bullfighter' as he is fondly known by his supporters, likened Kitui County Assembly to be as Nyamira County Assembly where ward representatives were divided into two groups with each having its own Speaker. One operated from the Assembly while the other was ran as Bunge la Mwananchi.
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