Three petitioners have questioned ongoing plans by the Siaya County Assembly to build a County Assembly Speaker's mansion with 25-bedrooms.
They are questioning the logic behind the huge mansion scheduled to as well have a 30-people capacity gym, a sauna, a hall, salon, 35 guest wings, 2 swimming polls and a massage parlour.
In letters to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC), the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) they want the issue probed.
According to the trio; James Wanga, John Ouma and Irene Otieno, the money is too much to be spent on such a project, arguing that the funds can be put into better use.
"Why all these at the expense of essential services to the residents of Siaya such as healthcare and bursary?" they say in their petition, as was seen by the Standard.
The group is also accusing the County Clerk Erick Ogega and the assembly tendering committee of inflating the project cost to Sh165 million, while only a cost of Sh35 million was approved by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure.
They added that the same was approved by the Salaries and Renumeration Commission (SRC) and the Senate.
The petitioners suspect that the issue could have been the cause behind former Clerk Felix Olwero after he refuswd to proceed with the procurement process.
However, County Speaker George Okode on Sunday rubbished the claims, saying that the SRC ceiling came in long after the completion of the rendering and contract signing.
He added that no money has been spent yet.
"Ceiling by SRC was introduced in 2018 long after the tendering and the contract. The ceiling does not only affect Siaya county government but other institutions too. The assembly is in talks with the SRC to find an amicable solution to this stalemate. No money has been spent so far," said the Speaker.