Chaos in assembly as MCAs fight over Sh14.5b budget

Members of the Kakamega County Assembly engaged in a fistfight. Allocation of Sh50 million for construction of governor’s homes in Lurambi and Lugari was one of the clauses MCAs opposed. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

MCAs engaged in a fist fight after disagreeing over the 2018-2019 budget.

Trouble started soon after Budget and Appropriations Committee chairman Willis Opuka (Marama South MCA) tabled the budget report in the county assembly on Wednesday.