31 Busia MCAs sent home as Azimio takes control Assembly

 

Voters in Busia sent home 31 of the 35 elected MCAs who served in the county’s second Assembly between 2017 to 2022.

The electorate in the border county that has for long supported ODM leader Raila Odinga ensured the former prime minister’s Azimio La Umoja coalition controlled the County Assembly.

Among the four MCAs who survived the voters’ onslaught was Gaddy Jakaa who broke the record to be the only MCA to serve in the County Assembly since 2013 when devolution was operationalised.

Jakaa (Bukhayo North/Walatsi, MDG) trounced opponents in the election he described as the most competitive since he ventured into active politics more than a decade ago.

Others who survived the axe were James Ong’ole (Ang’orom, ODM), Patrick Omanyala (Malaba North, Wiper) and independent candidate Beatrice Kanoti (Bwiri)