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A section of Nairobi county Assembly Members now claim the county assembly owes them millions of shillings in unpaid allowances.
The legislators who have now threatened to paralyse the assembly operations from Tuesday this week say it is untill the clerk of the assembly authorizes their pay, when they will attend the assembly sittings.
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“We want the office of the clerk to pay us our allowances, we can’t pretend to be ok when our money is being withheld in this assembly, “Korogocgo MCA Absolom Onyango alias Matach said.
On his part, Gatina Ward Kennedy Swaka said that the MCA’s are finding it difficult even to fuel their cars since they have no money,adding that their Ward offices are also in rent arrears.
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“Personally I have not paid rent for the last six month ,my office will be shut down this month, why can’t clerk pay us our allowances we clear the bills that are before us,” Swaka said.
They have threatened to shut down operations in the county assembly effective tomorrow if the clerk will have not complied.