Makueni Residents Want the County Disolved

Residents of Makueni County on Friday staged a demonstration along Harambee Avenue seeking to petition President Uhuru Kenyatta to immediately dissolve Makueni county government.

They said the wanted fresh elections or to have the county placed under the control of the national government, noting that their county has become ineffective due to leadership wrangles between Governor Prof Kivutha Kibwana and the County assembly.

“We are tired of the wrangles between the leadership of our county, hence this demonstration to Harrambee house and later to statehouse to compel the president to dissolve the county government of Makueni. As it stands we are not getting services from the county government due to the standoff”, said one of the residents Micheal Kitaa.

Kitaa added, “We have collected over 50,000 signatures more than the constitutionally required 35,000 to compel the president to dissolve the government”.

They also blamed wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka for failing to address the issue, whereas most of the county assembly members’ hail from his Party.