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Court stops Senate from summoning Governors

Busia governor Sospeter Ojaamong being sworn in by Justice Antony Murima at the Busia Stadium. [File]

Governors have won the first battle with senators over management of millions of shillings for roads maintenance within the counties

Justice Anthony Mrima stopped the Senate from summoning any of the 47 Governors or their county government officials to appear before the Senate Committee on Roads and Transport to question them on financial expenditure of the World Bank funded roads’ project.

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