Baringo Speaker vows to resume work amid bid to block him
What you need to know:
- Mr Kamket asked the county assembly to shun sideshows and stop cheap politicking on public office issues. He said it should respect what the law stipulates.
- Mr Kamket was ousted in March over claims that he had violated the law and was also fuelling cattle rustling in Arabal, Baringo South Sub-County, to achieve selfish ends.
Baringo County Assembly Speaker William Kamket has vowed to make his way into the chambers despite a move by the majority leader and other ward representatives to lock him out of office.
Mr Kamket said the courts had made it clear that the decision by the assembly to suspend him was illegal.
“I should resume office and serve the people of Baringo. The rule of law is supreme and no one should deny what the court has granted me,” he said.
Yesterday, assembly security officers were on the lookout for Mr Kamket, with the embattled official asserting that he would access his office “any time” after failing to show up on Tuesday as earlier expected.
Mr Kamket asked the county assembly to shun sideshows and stop cheap politicking on public office issues. He said it should respect what the law stipulates.
“Tribal and political factions in the assembly have made the chamber lag behind in service delivery. This needs to be corrected,” he said. “It’s time we realised that the wounds we are nursing are as a result of our failure to unite for a common purpose — peace and development.
“Leadership means delivering services to the people and championing their interests and not creating wrangles among leaders,” he added.
Last week, the speaker was denied entry into the chambers by a section of members of the assembly on claims that he still had other pending cases in court.
Acting Speaker Douglas Kiplimo described Mr Kamket’s return as an insult to the assembly, urging him to respect the MCAs’ decision and follow the legal channels to clear his name and avoid a forceful comeback in the future.
CATTLE RUSTLING
Mr Kamket was ousted in March over claims that he had violated the law and was also fuelling cattle rustling in Arabal, Baringo South Sub-County, to achieve selfish ends.
On Sunday, Mr Kamket maintained that he would go to his office in line with a court ruling that he should resume work.
He spoke at Kamrio in Tirioko Ward, Tiaty Sub-County, during the Kamrio Half Marathon.
The race was organised by a Nairobi-based church to support education and foster peace and unity in Tiaty.
More than 800 locals and close to 400 participants turned out to make the event a success which was followed by a fund-raiser.
