Governor Alex Tolgos has hit out at Senator Kipchumba Murkomen accusing him of being a liability to the people of Elgeyo Marakwet county.
Speaking during a one-hour media briefing in Iten town on Tuesday, Tolgos said Murkomen had failed to serve his own people.
Tolgos repeated his call for the county to be disbanded and returned to the national government if extra funding is not provided by the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA).
The county boss said he was shocked that the Senate Majority Leader has opposed calls for extra funding in his own county.
He says the county receives Sh3.7 Billion which is inadequate.
Tolgos wants the CRA to allocate the county more than Sh5 billion for effective running of operations and development.
Last week, Murkomen during a Senate sitting, said the problem with Elgeyo Marakwet was lack of ideas by the county administration led by Tolgos.
He accused the governor and his team of lacking proper leadership qualities.
“I was shocked to hear him say that the money we get is enough. He does not understand his own county. He concentrates on national politics and thinks he knows everything better than other people,” an angry Tolgos said.
He accused the senator of concentrating on abusing other leaders at political rallies oblivious of the fact that the same people he abuses may find their way to State House.
“Murkomen has been abusing ODM leader Raila Odinga. I wonder what he will do if he will find Raila in State House. I also know how to abuse but am not primitive and insults won’t help me,” the governor said.
Tolgos said the senator should understand his work is first to serve the people who elected him before going for national politics.