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NAIROBI: The petition for dissolution of Makueni County pending before an independent commission formed by the President is premature for three reasons. First, the primary intervention under the Constitution should have been the Cabinet Secretary in charge of inter-governmental relations; not the President.
Secondly, the County Government Act does not define the exceptional circumstances under which the President can suspend a county government. The law governing the process is therefore uncertain.
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