Isiolo Women Rep Mumina Bonaya addresses hundreds of residents. [Bruno Mutunga, Standard] A recent visit to State House by a group of elders allied to the degazetted Isiolo County Assembly Speaker, Mohamed Roba Qoto, has ignited a political firestorm in Isiolo. Leaders allied to Governor Abdi Guyo have criticised the visit, accusing the delegation of prioritising personal political interests over the needs of Isiolo residents. President William Ruto met the group on Wednesday, just weeks after the Senate dismissed an attempt to impeach Governor Guyo. The visit has further fuelled an ongoing dispute about the legitimacy of the Isiolo County…
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Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo when he appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee at Bunge Towers, Parliament. May 19, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] A section of Somali community professionals and the council of elders in Isiolo have urged county assembly members (MCAs) and others pushing for the impeachment of Governor Abdi Ibrahim Guyo to consider alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including arbitration. They cautioned that the county’s fragile ethnic cohesion could be destabilised if the impeachment process goes ahead without exhausting all avenues for dialogue. In a joint statement read by Luqman Ahmed, they acknowledged that impeachment is a lawful process but warned that,…
Court gavel. [File] A Nyeri court has today ordered the reinstatement of Isiolo County Assembly Clerk, Salad Boru Guracha, following his abrupt removal from office by the County Assembly Service Board. The Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge, Justice Onesmus Makau, issued orders barring Guracha’s removal until a case filed at the Court is heard and determined. “The application is certified as urgent, and an interim injunction is granted in terms of order 2 in the Motion, pending the inter-partes hearing. The application is scheduled for a virtual inter partes hearing on June 25, 2025,” the judge ruled. He further…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo when he appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) at Bunge Tower, Parliament, May 19th, 2024 [Elvis Ogina, Standard] The Isiolo High Court has today issued conservatory orders restraining the County Assembly of Isiolo from debating the notice of motion dated June 10, 2025, for the removal from office by impeachment of Governor Abdi Guyo, following an application filed at the Court on June 13, 2025. The court’s order signed by Justice Nyaga Mbogo restrains, bars, and prohibits the respondents—either directly or through their agents—from admitting, processing, debating, or considering in any manner the…