Senate Speaker Kingi Orders Police IG to Arrest Governor

Senate Speaker Kingi Orders Police IG to Arrest Governor

Senate Speaker Kingi Orders Police IG to Arrest Douglas Kanja to arrest Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo him and present him before the house.

The Speaker issued the orders after Senators expressed their disappointment with the Governor’s refusal to honour several summons.

The governor was supposed to appear before the Committee of Finance and the plenary to respond to questions on alleged financial mismanagement that have been raised in Isiolo County.

Senate had issued summons to the Governor of Isiolo to appear before its various committees only for the Governor to fail to make an appearance

Kingi stated,” I hereby direct the Inspector General of Police to liase with the various committees to arrest the Governor and present him to the various committees,’’

“Tis (directive) is not a favour that the Senate and its committees are asking of the Inspector General of Police, the defiance expressed by the Governor in respect of the invitations and summons of the Senate cannot persist,”

“Inspector General of Police must in exercise of his mandate pursuant to article to 245(b) of the Constitution extend the necessary support to the committees in order to secure the appearance of the Governor,’’ the Speaker directed.

According to Tabitha Mutinda the Vice Chairperson of the Finance and Budget Committee, the governor declined to appear before the committee claiming that he had other important engagements that he had to attend to.

‘’As Committee of Finance we summoned the Governor and he excused himself indicating that he was hosting a function that was so much of a priority unlike appearing before the Committee,’’ she told the Senate.

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