Why rich MCAs could give bankrupt, mteja MPs a run for their money in 2017

Speaker of the Nairobi County Assembly Mr Alex Ole Magelo addresses members at the Charter hall during their sitting on Tuesday,April 23. Photo: Collins Kweyu/Standard

Members of the County (MCAs) Assembly are the new kids on the block. Unlike MPs who have perfected the art of disappearing from their constituencies to Nairobi and become mteja, MCAs are lords of village manors.

And yes, they are the love of the electorate at the grassroots, because they are always available.