Shame On You- Ruto To Kericho MCAs Fighting In County Assembly
He called upon them to execute the mandate to which they were elected...
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President William Ruto has slammed the actions of Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) in Kericho who were filmed causing chaos at the County Assembly on Friday, January 13.
Speaking during an Interdenominational church service in Bomet Green Stadium, Bomet County on Sunday, January 15, the Head of State rebuked the actions of the MCAs fighting over what was initially reported to be leadership changes.
He called upon them to execute the mandate to which they were elected to serve the people of Kenya and not to seek their own selfish interests.
"I see that there are still some leaders that are fighting over positions; there's still one looking for this and another looking for that, I want to tell the MCAs of Kericho to stop this foolishness.
"Those games you're continuing to play, we want every elected leader to start sorting out issues affecting Kenyans, not sorting out your own issues to do with position to the point you're wasting the County Assembly's time when you're fighting. Shame on you," he slammed.
The chaos also caught the attention of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) which promised to investigate it.
While condemning the incident that occurred in the afternoon, the anti-graft agency termed such misconduct by state officers as an embarrassment to the nation.
“No differences of whatever nature or magnitude should make MCAs or any other state officers engage in physical fights or other unethical conduct. County assemblies should desist from using unorthodox means when resolving differences,” EACC said.
EACC added that the actions by the Kericho Members of County Assembly (MCA) were against the set ethics for government officers, according to the Constitution.
“Notably, the actions of the concerned Kericho MCAs fall outside the prescribed ethics and integrity standards for state officers, as laid out under Chapter Six of the Constitution. Article 73(1)(a) of the Constitution requires state officers to conduct themselves in a manner that shows respect for the people, promotes public confidence and brings honour to the Nation and dignity to the office.
"Under Article 75(1(c), a state officer is required to behave, whether in public and official life, in private life, or in association with other persons, in a manner that does not demean the office they hold,” EACC added.
The MCAs had held the special sitting, which was expected to be messy, due to recent House leadership changes announced last weekend in Nakuru, where Kamsian Ward MCA Mr Philiph Rono was picked as the new Majority Leader to replace Kapsoit ward MCA Paul Chirchir.
The stand-off further proved the sharp division in the leadership of the county assembly that changed for the third time in four months.
The 47 Members of the Kericho County Assembly had reconvened hardly a week after House leadership changes were effected for the third time. The sitting also came two days after Mutai received an endorsement of the changes from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party Secretary General Veronica Maina.
Earlier, a standoff brewed between the Kericho County Assembly Speaker, Patrick Mutai and his Deputy, Erick Bett, after the former kicked out journalists who were meant to cover the special sitting to consider the supplementary budget.
Kericho County Assembly premises in this photo taken on November 11, 2022. /DAILY NATION
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