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I am ready for fresh polls- Samboja dismisses clerics' dialogue call in budget stand off

Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja when he appeared before the Senate Public Accounts and Investment Committee at Parliament. [Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Governor Granton Samboja has turned down an offer by church leaders to mediate a dispute between him and ward reps that could see the county government dissolved.

The dispute was triggered by a standoff over the 2019/2020 budget that ward reps have refused to pass.

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