Senate on Thursday was forced to adjourn its sittings after a heated confrontation between Murang'a Governor Mwangi Wairia and Senator Kembi Gitura led Senate Public Accounts Committee (PAC) stop the proceedings.
The governor began by complaining to the PAC that he was not comfortable with the way Gitura was questioning him and termed it too “personal”.
Speaking after the drama, PAC Chair Anyang' Nyong'o said they adjourned after the events turned violent with county officials trying to confront Gitura.
"Some of the officials who had accompanied Wairia attempted to confront Gitura but they were whisked out of the committee," he said. "The Governor will now be declared hostile."
Wairia was appearing before the House to answer questions on a number of tenders awarded to contractors by the Murang'a government after the Auditor General's report of 2013/14 found some anomalies.