There was drama at Kiambu County assembly On Thursday when the Honorable members of the county assembly MCA’s decided to settle their differences physically by flexing their muscles.
Kiuu MCA Daniel Ngugi the chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Finance had tabled a supplementary budget bill in readiness for debate by members.
Chaos broke out after one of the MCAs threw a water bottle at colleagues opposed to the manner in which the supplementary budget was brought in the house.
A group of MCAs led by the immediate former chairman of Finance Budget and Appropriation committee Karuga Ngugi ousted from the position protested that the right procedure had not been followed to introduce the bill before the assembly.
Members shouted and hurled insults at each other, with deputy speaker Philip Mubea attacking Ndenderu MCA Solomon Kinuthia.
Kinuthia said the deputy speaker threw a punch at him and he retaliated. The other MCAs joined in the fray.
A pandemonium ensued in the assembly which later turned in to a war zone for more than 20 minutes as MCAs from opposing camps exchanged blows.
Bottles of water were thrown across the assembly floor and water poured on the seats.
Speaker Stephen Ndichu’s efforts to bring the house to order failed, prompting the intervention of sergeants at arms. Some members sneaked from the chamber through the back door.
It took the intervention of administration police who normally guard the assembly to restore sanity in the chambers. When calm was restored, the speaker adjourned the session and sneaked out of the chambers using the back door.
Outside the assembly, ward reps from the two camps exchanged unprintable words as they accused each other of being behind the woes witnessed.
In the supplementary budget, Sh356 million had been used in the controversial Kaa Sober programme for which the MCAs had not passed a budget.
The executive spent Sh1 billion in buying of assets which were not accounted for