By KITAVI MUTUA More by this AuthorThe political standoff between Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu and the county assembly worsened yesterday after Narc Party officials kicked off the process of dissolving the county government. The move to collect signatures in the county’s 40 wards to petition President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve the county is running parallel to another initiative to recall Members of the County Assembly (MCAs). The county assembly dominated by MCAs from Wiper Party have been at loggerheads with Governor Ngilu since she won the 2017 election, the latest being the rejection of her nominees to the county public service board. According to acting Narc party chairman Militonic Kitute, Mrs Ngilu has endured untold blackmail from MCAs who have adopted a “party position” of rejecting the executive’s budget and legislative proposals year in year out. “The world knows how Wiper MCAs have frustrated Governor Ngilu since she took office.

Source: Daily Nation June 16, 2020 16:07 UTC