A section of Homabay Members of County Assembly (MCAs) allied to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) have been urged to adhere to order during the burial of Elisha Aketch Chieng'.
Aketch who died in Nairobi West Hospital was the point-man of former President Daniel Moi in the South Nyanza region (Migori and Homa Bay counties) during Moi's era.
With his body set to be laid to iwa Sub-County in an event expected to be heavily attended, area lawmaker Martin Owino has called upon the MCAs to leave their differences out of the event.
“We are appealing to our MCAs to keep away their wrangles which may jeopardize peace during the burial,” he was quoted by the Standard.
This follows a series of wrangles between the MCAs over leadership slots in the house, a month after the house controversially elected new leaders.
The same resulted to chaos in the County Assembly on Tuesday, after the majority members accused Speaker Elizabeth Ayoo of attempting to forcefully reinstate the ousted leaders.
Ayoo was kicked out of the house after she allegedly sided with the team led by ousted Majority Leader Richard Ogindo over his replacement Walter Muok, resulting to an encounter.
Aketch was considered one of the closest persons to the Head of State during the time, and everyone from the South Nyanza region had to pass through him to meet President Moi.
His remains were on Thursday flown from Nairobi to Kisumu, and later to Lang’i via Homa Bay Town by road.