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"content": " Clerk, call Order No.13. The Chairperson, Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, please, proceed."
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"content": "ADOPTION OF PROGRESS REPORT ON OPERATIONAL AND LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN NYAMIRA COUNTY ASSEMBLY"
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move- THAT, the Senate adopts the Progress Report of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on the Operational and Leadership"
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate"
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"content": "Crisis affecting the County Assembly of Nyamira laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 17th April, 2025. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations has reported a long-standing dispute of the County Assembly of Nyamira that allegedly split the Assembly into two factions. The Committee is further concerned that the dispute is affecting the smooth functioning of the County Assembly and effective service delivery in the county. Additionally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Tuesday, 1st April, 2025, the Senator for Nyamira, Sen. Omogeni, CBS, SC, MP, rose pursuant to Standing Order No.53 to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations, regarding the leadership and operational crisis currently affecting the County of Nyamira. In the Statement, the Senator informed the House that the Assembly had split into two rival factions, each conducting parallel sittings in different venues, led by individuals claiming to be the legitimate Speaker and Clerk. This state of affairs caused confusion, undermined the legislative integrity, and will potentially jeopardize public confidence in institutions and oversight of the Senate. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator requested the following- (1) Officially designated and gazetted location of the County Assembly of Nyamira and whether sittings held outside the location were duly approved; (2) The status and legal standing of businesses transacted by the two factions, including the adoption of the supplementary budget and other legislative issues made during the standoff; (3) The process through which the two Speakers and Clerks were appointed and whether due process and relevant Standing Orders were followed in the installation; (4) The steps taken by the relevant constitutional and intergovernmental bodies to resolve the leadership dispute to restore order in the county; and, (5) The Senator further recommended that the Committee initiates and leads a mediation and reconciliation process to return assembly institutional normalcy, safeguard the rule of law and protect the interest of the residents of Nyamira. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations considered the matter and invited both factions to a meeting of the Committee on 8th April, 2025 to address the Committee on the dispute. The individuals were Hon. Thaddeus Nyaboro and Hon. Enock Okero, both claiming to be Speakers; and Duke Oyaro and Silvanus Ndemo who are Clerks. The Committee also invited the Controller of Budget to provide information on financial issues arising from the approval of the account, budget and acquisitions. The Committee conducted extensive discussions with the stakeholders regarding the matter, noting the major issues arising from the deliberation. Further, the Committee did an in- depth analysis into the issue emerging from the stakeholders’ submissions, and made various observations as set out in the report."
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"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-"
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate"
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"content": "“Except for a sitting of a new county assembly under subsection (1), a sitting of a county assembly may be held at any place within the county and make comments at any time as a county assembly may appoint.” There was no restriction on this from the assembly. Gazette Notice 7658 of 2017, the sitting of the County Assembly be held at the county assembly premises located in Nyamira Assembly Building opposite the Kenya Industrial Estate, Nyamira; and, Pending the determination of the court cases, the County Assembly assumes its normal operations in accordance with the Constitution, the County Governments Act and the Standing Orders of the County Assembly. The Committee has planned to visit Nyamira County on 23rd May, 2025, to go and reconcile the two warring factions and also to meet the Governor and Senator for Nyamira County, Sen. Omogeni. From our observations, we feel that this is politically motivated and two leaders are actually engaged in different factions. Therefore, we believe that if we also meet the two of them, the Committee will be able to solve this problem. I hope our hon. Senator is here and will assist the Committee with our visit. I feel this issue is politically motivated and one of the two factions belongs to one; to the Senator and the other to the Governor from my observation."
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