Nakuru MCAs adjourn House, attend Uhuru function  

Nakuru County Assembly Ward Reps were forced to rescind their earlier resolve to skip President Uhuru Kenyatta’s function in Naivasha on Wednesday. The ward reps adjourned the House and attended the presidential event.

On Tuesday, the defiant MCAs rejected a motion to reschedule its House business to allow ward reps attend the presidential function arguing they had pressing matters to attend to.

Some of the elected MCAs on Tuesday argued that attending the presidential function was tantamount to wasting valuable time.

RARE PRAISE

In August, the Jubilee-dominated assembly received a rare praise from President Kenyatta for cutting the foreign trips budget and allocating the money to development projects in 55 wards.

“That is true sign of mature leadership. I urge the other 46 counties to borrow a leaf from Nakuru and redirect the money to where it will make a big impact on the lives of citizens,” said the President in his first address at the 78-member House.

With this rare complements from the Head of State, it was surprising to see the House reject a motion to adjourn the House to attend the Head of State’s function that would benefit Nakuru residents.  

Before the House was adjourned, the MCAs held a closed door meeting to discuss the “logistics” before travelling to Naivasha.

The motion to adjourn the House business from October 16 – 29 in line with the assembly calendar was done in a record five minutes.

FIVE MINUTES

The motion to adjourn the House business was moved by the Leader of Majority Moses Ndung’u Kamau and seconded by Leah Sang the deputy Minority Whip. It was passed in a record five minutes.

“This motion is in line with a calendar of the assembly and all members are in agreement they go on recess,” said the Deputy Speaker Samuel Tonui.

Speaker Joel Maina Kairu confirmed that the MCAs were ready to attend the presidential function.

“We have adjourned in line with the assembly calendar and to attend the national function which comes with a lot of benefits to the more than two million residents of Nakuru,” said Mr Kairu.

He revealed that both the Jubilee and opposition MCAs from ODM and other parties were ready to grace the Naivasha function presided over by President Kenyatta,” said Mr Kairu. At least two buses and two vans were hired to transport the MCAs to Naivasha.