The Kisii County Assembly has said that the Order of Precedence Bill, 2014 passed in parliament on Wednesday this week, does not affect leadership in the county governments.
This is even as they castigated Members of Parliament as leaders who have lost direction.
Debating on a statement raised by Boikang’a Ward MCA Elkana Nyandoro, the chairman of the Kisii County Committee on Delegated Legislation Samson Nyagaka said that the bill’s Memorandum of Objects and Reasons was categorical that it does not concern county governments which is the reason why it was not taken to the Senate for deliberations.
But Nyagaka, who is also a lawyer, said that parliament, which was clearly losing direction as witnessed through their recent acrimonious passing of the controversial security bill, had a vendetta against county governments in the bill which was contradictory in its content and proceedings.
During the debate, Riana Ward MCA Obote Motonu claimed that MPs are simply scared of the development brought closer to the people, and were after fighting those in the county government like the governor and MCAs, since the county development agenda was increasingly being acknowledged and appreciated by the people.
“MPs are afraid of the governors and 2,300 MCAs in Kenya, who get more praise from the public than them. Now they think they can force the people to honour them,” he added.
Bosoti-Sengera MCA Timothy Nyarang’o said that the MPs need to be given free lessons on some of the titles, as they seemed to lack understanding of the meaning of the term honourable.
Bassi Central MCA Henry Moracha caused laughter in the house when he urged the national assembly to bring a motion to stop beer producers from calling some brands Senator, His Excellency and Obama.
While urging the president not to sign into law a defective bill, the MCAs said that it was not even taken for public participation.
The bill which was orchestrated by Nominated MCA Tabitha Okong’o seeks to give the order of precedence and protocol in Kisii County.
County Assembly Speaker Kerosi Ondieki, directed that the bill be published as a matter of urgency in the Kenya Gazette.