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Push to bar nominated Kiambu MCAs from voting on ward matters reaches Senate

A past sitting of the Kiambu County Assembly. [PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD]

KIAMBU COUNTY: A showdown is looming between elected ward representatives in Kiambu County and their nominated counterparts after a petition seeking to bar the latter from voting on ward matters at the county assembly was presented to the Senate Committee on Devolution last week.

Ngewa Ward’s Karungo Thangwa handed over the petition that seeks to have the Senate amend Section 19 and 20 of the County Government Act on quorum and voting in the county assembly to Committee Chairman Kipchumba Murkomen.

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