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Wycliffe Wangamati's tussle with MCAs escalates

Governor Wycliffe Wangamati

Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • County Assembly Speaker dismisses letters from ODM headquarters directing him to dewhip Khalaba MCA Majimbo Okumu from all committees.
  • The MCAs have remained defiant even after party leader Raila Odinga threatened to take disciplinary action on them.

The wrangles between Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati and Members of the County Assembly have taken a new twist after attempts by the county boss to use ODM headquarters to clip the wings of ward representatives opposed to him hit a brick wall.

Speaker of the County Assembly Emmanuel Situma has dismissed a letter from the party headquarters, signed by ODM chairman John Mbadi, instructing his office to dewhip Khalaba MCA Majimbo Okumu from all assembly committees.