Isiolo MCAs hold first sitting amid shake-up after failed governor ouster

Members of the Isiolo County Assembly on Tuesday held their first sitting since the failed attempt to impeach Governor Abdi Ibrahim Guyo.

The motion was dropped by the Senate at the preliminary stage due to technicalities, with the assembly failing to convince the Senate that there was a lawful sitting at the assembly to impeach the governor.

Hundreds of Isiolo residents who supported the attempted impeachment of Governor Guyo gathered in Isiolo town to welcome Members of the County Assembly, who had fled the area, citing insecurity after first tabling the notice of motion.

During the sitting, Speaker Mohamed Roba Qoto announced that his office had received official communication from the United Democratic Movement (UDM) Party indicating that two of its nominated members, Fozia Djibril Bore and Amina Omar Enow, had been removed from the party’s membership.

As a result, they cease to be members of the Isiolo County Assembly, as they can no longer represent a party they are no longer affiliated with.

Roba cited alleged gross misconduct and failure to remit monthly contributions to the party as some of the reasons given by the UDM party for punishing the two members.

The two were part of the 16 MCAs who supported Governor Guyo’s impeachment, but decamped to the Governor’s side just four days ago, giving Guyo a temporary sigh of relief after the initial motion of impeachment failed at the Senate.

Speaker Roba further relayed information that Oldonyiro ward MCA and Deputy Speaker David Lemantile (KANU) had been removed from the House Business Rules and Privileges Committee and replaced by Wabera ward MCA Salesio Kiambi.

Francisco Letimalo (KANU) was also de-whipped as Minority Party leader and replaced by Cherab ward MCA Halima Golle Abgudo, also of KANU.

The four MCAs were part of the five (alongside nominated MCA Rahma Abdkadir (KANU), who joined Governor Guyo’s camp a few days ago, following the failure of the impeachment motion to go through at the senate.

Addressing members of the public who came out to welcome them in Isiolo town, the MCAs assured Isiolo residents of their renewed resolve to keep the executive in check, warning that they would rekindle their clamour to oust Governor Guyo again if he fails to fix the existing gaps and focus on service delivery for the people of Isiolo.

They also vowed to stand by Mohamed Roba as their speaker against any attempt to replace him.