Kisumu County Assembly was Tuesday a battlefield between MCAs who want embattled Speaker Onyango Oloo to step aside and those who want him to stay put a day after he was arraigned in anti-corruption court in Nairobi on Monday.
Mr Oloo is being tried over the loss if Sh1.8 billion when he wasChairman at Lake Basin Development Authority.
After the chaotic session, Mr Oloo was replaced with North Kisumu MCA Elisha Jack Oraro in acting capacity.
Tension was high inside and outside the County Assembly as police were deployed after thebSergeant-At-Arms team walked out in protest after one of their own was heavily slapped bu an angry MCA.
Outside the irate and pro Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o and Mr Oloo youth demonstrated and danced for hours on end.
The chaos are expected to resume Wednesday as Mr Oloo arrives back from Nairobi to take up his duties in Kisumu.
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