UNREST AT COUNTY ASSEMBLY PERSISTS

Nyamira County assembly premises has been inaccessible  since Tuesday this  week after chaos  pitting two  factions of MCAs  which   suckled  in some members of the public   persisted.

At the centre of the chaos is speaker, Moffat Teya, whom a section of the county assembly members accuse of favouring their rivals and applying  high handedness leadership techniques.

The faction also claims some legislators were involved in perpetuating the current impasse at the expense of county  development activities.

Business operations in the town have been paralyzed by police deployed to quell the face-off at the county assembly building.

In the latest incident,the police moved in to disburse protesters who camped along the entrance to the county assembly  prompting traders to close up their businesses in a huff.

Speaking to the media,Itibo ward MCA Samuel Nyang’au Nyanchama decried the barricading of the county assembly rendering it inaccessible.

He attributed the stand-off to Speaker Teya’s uncompromising position to negotiate with the combatants and resolve the misunderstanding.

Thadeus Momanyi from Ekerenyo ward condemned the police action outside the county assembly claiming it disrupted  the small scale traders’ businesses.

Momanyi alleged the chaos will be protracted as  long as  the police were being used  to protect   some individuals vowing that the MCAs will continue to fight for  the rights of the electorate.