A section of Members of the County Assembly who are BBI proponents insisted and called for the BBI debate to be done on Wednesday. Cabinet Secretary for Petroleum and Mining John Munyes, MP for Loima Jeremiah Lomurkai and journalists were barred to access the County Assembly precincts to follow the proceedings. Turkana gets about Sh11 billion and Turkana County Assembly gets about Sh3 billion which is enough amount to acquire seats,” he said. A section of residents had warned the assembly against slowing down the process of passing the Bill. They had accused Governor Josphat Nanok and County Assembly Speaker Erustus Lokaale of leading a section of members of the County Assembly to slow down the process of voting.

Source: The Star February 24, 2021 13:07 UTC