Samburu Governor Lati Lelelit in a scuffle with Senator Sifuna outside Parliament on April 1, 2026. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
Devolution is at a crossroads. Senators and governors are at each other’s throats. A dearth of leadership has seen senators exchange blows with a governor they deem errant in public. On one hand, the Speaker of the Senate has issued an arrest warrant for Samburu Governor Lati Lelelit, while on the other, the governor is asking police to arrest senators for assault.
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