Kisumu County Assembly is set to be opened today (Tuesday), just a week after County Governor Jack Ranguma failed to turn up for the opening.
Ranguma was expected to address the assembly last Tuesday, but failed to show up after a number of MCAs, who are against the embattled Speaker Ann Adul boycotted the occasion.
Adul later went ahead to open the session with only 13 MCAs allied to her, but Kisumu Court of Appeal later on Thursday barred her from conducting any business in the assembly.
Industrial Court had reinstated her but MCAs who are against her leadership appealed the decision, and were granted orders barring Adul from the assembly.
MCAs allied to Ranguma led by majority leader and temporary Speaker Samuel Ongou and Gabriel Ochieng respectively, have now organized a new opening of the assembly.
In the appeals order, judges ordered that Speakers’ Panel be allowed to proceed with the assembly activities until the case against Adul is heard and determined.
However, Ochieng is not in the Speaker’s Panel, and there are fears he might proceed with the grand opening of the assembly.
Deputy Speaker Pamela Omino, who is allied to Adul said they are only three of them in the Speakers’ Panel, and Ochieng will be going against the court order if he goes ahead to open the assembly.
Omino added that the MCAs allied to Ranguma have rejected her plans to be the Speaker.