A section of ward representatives at the Laikipia County Assembly has accused Governor Joshua Irungu's administration of interfering with the independence of the House. This comes in the wake of approval of three members of the Rumuruti Municipality Management Board who had been rejected by the House vetting committee.
The Transport and Infrastructure Committee had unanimously rejected John Longisa, Francisca Ida and Fredrick Mwangi to sit in the seven-member board but when the report was tabled before the County Assembly on Tuesday evening, they were cleared during a session where some committee members changed their minds on the floor of the House.
When rejecting the three names that had been forwarded for vetting by Governor Irungu last year, the committee noted that three of the nominees did not present their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) while the third one had four cases currently pending in court.
Mukogodo West MCA Nicholas Lempaira while tabling the report on the vetting told the House that they could not bend the rules governing the rules to please the executive. ''When the requirement states that you must have a degree, you must present it no matter the tribe you come from.
