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We will not deal with acting officers, Speaker tells Rasanga

The rift between the governor and the county assembly seemed to widen as the speaker insisted that the house and its committees would not have any official dealings with acting chief officers.

A day after the assembly rejected Governor Cornel Rasanga’s supplementary budget, Speaker George Okode said the chief officers were appointed without competitive sourcing, nomination and approval by the MCAs and were, therefore, not recognised in law.

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