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Senate committee orders arrest of Governor Wycliffe Oparanya for snubbing summons

Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya

Nairobi: A parliamentary watchdog committee has directed the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet to arrest Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and produce him before it on Monday.

The County Public Accounts and Investment Committee dismissed a team led by Kakamega Deputy Governor Prof Philip Kutima that had been sent by Oparanya to appear before it and defend the audit queries raised against the county executive, insisting that they had only summoned the county boss.

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