Keep off our business, governors tell Devolution CS Mwangi Kiunjuri

Cyprian Awiti is sworn in for his second term as Homa Bay Governor by High Court Judge Aaron Makau in Homa Bay town on Friday. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

As governors-elect take over office, old rifts between the National Government and the Council of Governors (CoG) that characterised devolution’s first five years are once again playing out in the open.

CoG Chairman and Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok has asked the National Government to steer clear of the ongoing countrywide Assumption of Office of Governor ceremonies, saying it has no role to play in the swearing-in of county chiefs.