This archive report was first published on 18 June 2020.
On June 17, 2020, chaos erupted at the Wajir County Assembly after nominated MCA Xussni Yare disrupted the assembly's session, claiming that the process of selecting the budget committee members was dubious and in violation of the Constitution.
Yare, who was among those opposed to the representation in the committee, had been suspended from the chambers earlier but managed to make his way back to the assembly during the afternoon session.
His actions sparked a fight between two groups of MCAs, resulting in four members being injured.
Police intervened, and Speaker Ibrahim Yakub was forced to adjourn the session due to the tension in the House.
Another nominated MCA, Halima Kunow, was suspended from the assembly for 21 days following the drama, but she denied any wrongdoing, stating that they were forced to interfere with the session due to favouritism by the Speaker.
'We saw the only way to stop the whole process was to bring some chaos,' Kunow said.
This is not the first time that the Wajir MCAs have differed over House business, with a similar fight occurring in 2018 over the membership of the assembly's service board.
