MCAs public whipping exposes county’s underbelly and disunity

A member of the Nyeri County Assembly is roughed up at Mbiriri grounds in Kieni East last Tuesday. Twenty five MCAs were ejected from a meeting presided over by Governor Nderitu Gachagua by residents who accused them of frustrating the governor’s development agenda. [PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD]

This week’s violent confrontations among Nyeri County Assembly MCAs laid bare a hushed fight between Governor Nderitu Gachagua and the ward representatives.

So intense is the supremacy battle that it has stalled development projects in the agriculture-rich county and soiled its reputation.