A powerful county minister was on Wednesday openly undermined at Governor John Nyagarama's residence by his junior staff.
Johnstone Obike, EMC in charge of Public Administration, was denied chance to condole with the governor despite other ministers given the privilege.
Trouble started at Kisumu International Airport where Nyagarama's handlers denied him access to VIP Lounge to usher in the county boss before further pushing him out when he tried to great the governor.
Nyagarama, a second term ODM governor, has been out of the country for treatment in US for the last three months and returned on Monday ahead of his son, Ndemo Nyagarama's burial on Friday.
During his absence, allies of the Deputy Governor Amos Nyaribo have openly clashed with those of the governor, thus making service delivery impossible.
At the residences, Nyagarama's Political Adviser Joash Gisore, allowed a number of ministers to speak but only asked Obike to salute amid murmurs and heckling from the governor's backers.
The ECM is a close ally of the DG, who was also conspicuously missing from the event with reports indicating that he had also been humiliated in Kisumu.
Suspending of the County Secretary Erick Onchana has been at the center of the intrigues with the DG accused of 'illegally' promoting Thomas Nyariki to take over.
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