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Trouble at assembly as suspended ward reps protest their suspension

Members of the Kakamega County Assembly engaged in a fistfight over the tabling of a report by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. [Duncan Ocholla/Standard]

Trouble is brewing at the County Assembly of Kakamega following the suspension of six ward reps over claims they were ringleaders of the chaos that rocked the House recently.

This was during a sitting to discuss Governor Wycliffe Oparanya’s memo to the assembly when he returned the Supplementary Budget for reallocation of Sh145 million.

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