Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1564299,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1564299/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 126,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Abass",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13587,
        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
        "slug": "abass-sheikh"
    },
    "content": "The Committee observed that- (1) There were two factions that consist of separate leadership structures, including Speakers, clerks and the county assembly service boards leading to confusion, legal uncertainty and inability of the County Assembly to effectively fulfill its constitutional duties; (2) The two warring factions have an intense dispute that has culminated in numerous cases being filed before various courts, which have further complicated the situation in the assembly. Some of these courts include- (i) Nyamira High Court Case E008 of 2024 by Enock Okero vs the Nyamira County Assembly and others challenging the suspension of Hon. Enock Okero as the Speaker; (ii) Petition No.ELRC- E001 of 2024 at the Kisii High Court - Enock Okero and others vs the County Assembly of Nyamira and Acting Clerk of Nyamira County Assembly, challenging the impeachment of the Hon. Enock Okero as the Speaker; (iii) The High Court Case No.E007/2/2025 County Assembly of Nyamira vs State Law Office and the Government printer challenging the legality of various gazette notices; (iv) High Court Case No.E001/2/2025 - Edwin Osongo Versus the IEBC and Nyamira County Assembly and others challenging the election of Hon. Thaddeus Omengi Nyabaro as Speaker of the County Assembly of Nyamira; (v) High Court Case No.E050 of 2025 at the High Couty of Milimani, the County Assembly of Nyamira versus the Central Bank of Kenya regarding the granting Hon. Silvanus Ndemo partial access to the bank accounts of the County Assembly to facilitate payment or salaries for MCAs Staff Ward office, remittance of KRA dues, taxes and statutory deductions and payment to essential services providers. All these cases are currently active and live in courts- (vi) The County Assembly of Nyamira also faces operational challenges over an ongoing parallel County Assembly sitting held by two factions each claiming legitimacy. One faction is the sitting in the gazzetted wards and the other holding its sittings within the County Assembly Chamber; (vii) The contestation of the office of the Speaker has consequences affecting all other County Assembly service structures, therefore it is imperative for the legitimate Speaker to be ascertained. Based on these findings and observations, the Committee made the following interim recommendations- (i) In accordance with Section7(b)(ii) of the County Governments Act Cap 265, which provides for the location of sitting of county assemblies, and in particular subsection (2), which provides as follows-"
}