Kenyan Governing Style As Represented In Kisii County... Shameful!

The Kisii County Government has ordered the closure of the iconic Kisii Sports Club over land rent rates arrears of Sh14 million.

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The club’s chairperson, Mr Andrew Kombo, said the arrears date back to 1963 when it was started.
“We are wondering why the county government has ordered the closure of the club now. We admit we have not been paying the land rates because the facility had been exempted from such. This is because it is the only public social facility we have in Kisii,” said Mr Kombo.
He noted that it is suspect that the club is being closed now when the county government leadership has issues with the assembly leadership.
Mr Kombo said 98 percent of the club leadership is affiliated with the county government.
“This is just a way of escalating the issues at hand,” said Mr Kombo, who is the director of legal services at the county assembly.

Read: 3 MCAs injured in another day of chaos at Kisii assembly

[SIZE=6]Elimu Academy’s case[/SIZE]
Meanwhile, the county’s enforcement and revenue officers on Friday morning stormed Elimu Academy, a school associated with Kisii County Assembly Speaker David Kombo.
The enforcement officers who went to the school at around 4 am demanded that the school management team, which was not in at the time, pays rent arrears amounting to Sh517,000.
The land on which the school sits belongs to Kisii County Government.
In a statement to the media, the Elimu Academy management regretted the Friday morning incident, saying it was uncalled for.
"However genuine the gripe, raiding the school at odd hours is a sign of malice. As the management, we see this as the extension of the wars going on in the assembly. Elimu Academy is a Limited enterprise with due and proper channels of communication that should be used by the county in following up any claim,” the management said.

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[SIZE=6]Assembly wrangles[/SIZE]
The events came just a day after efforts by MCAs to end the leadership statement in the assembly ended in disarray.
The MCAs had formed a committee of 10 members to resolve differences that have divided the assembly right in the middle.
The wrangling has taken place in the assembly for over a year, paralyzing House business.
The wrangles involve Speaker David Kombo, who is the club chair’s father, and Clerk James Nyaoga who are both in-office courtesy of court orders.
Each side has employed both legal and other crude means to control the office.
The committee was formed following discussions by MCAs on Tuesday.
Both sides stuck to hardline positions, with some MCAs asking the embattled Speaker not to set foot in the assembly.
More on this: Kisii MCAs vow to impeach Speaker and evict Governor

[SIZE=6]Stalemate continues[/SIZE]
Birongo Ward MCA Bernard Ogari, who represented Speaker Kombo in the 10-member committee, said the impasse remains.
“We are not making any progress. Both sides have stood their ground,” said Mr Ogari.
The Nation has discovered plans by the group pushing for Speaker Kombo’s ouster to file a petition in court over a mace said to be missing.
There are fears the House will stand dissolved i members miss eight consecutive sittings in a row.
Many of the MCAs against Speaker Kombo said there shall be no business in the assembly until he leaves office. They insist they impeached him and that he cannot conduct House business.
A Gazette notice dated May 27, 2021, says the county assembly approved a motion for Speaker Kombo’s removal from office by impeachment. But the de-gazettement notice was later revoked.

When you post things like this you call the parties on the ground to give a local perspective
@Eng’iti

Kombokombo

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The club can raise 14m - let them give a payment plan. These clubs generate revenues especially from membership and annual renewals which are generally unaccounted for since patrons still have to pay for all the services they consume.

Protests erupted in Kisii County on Sunday over the alleged police shooting of a 16-year old girl the previous night.
Reports indicated that police shot the girl as they tried to disperse protesters who wanted to torch Rioma Police Station in Marani Sub-county.
The Standard Six pupil of Marani Primary School died at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.

It is said she was walking home when she was hit by a stray bullet. Her death sparked day-long protests on Sunday, with residents engaging police in running battles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVSBJyp1lqE:33

On Saturday night, Rioma residents protested following the death of a convict identified as Erick Achando.
While residents claim Achando was beaten to death by security officers for flouting the 7 pm curfew rule, police say the 25-year-old man was sick.
Due to increased cases of Covid-19 in the county, convicts are being quarantined in police cells for 14 days before being taken to prison.