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House to hire female sergeants-at-arms to tame MCAs

houseof senate   Speaker of tne Nairobi County Assembly Mr Alex Ole Magelo addresses members at the Charter hall during their sitting on Tuesday,April 23. PHOTO:COLLINS KWEYU/STANDARD
 

Three male sergeants-at-arms could not eject from the House a female MCA whom the Speaker had ordered to walk out for defiance.

Interim Speaker Samwel Nyangwara ordered nominated MCA Karen Wanjiku to leave the assembly on November 13 for disobeying House rules, but there was no female sergeant-at-arms to walk her out when she refused to heed the command.

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