Nandi Governor Stephen Sang when he appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on the stoppage of transfer of funds to County Governments at KICC [Boniface Okendo, Standard]The race for Nandi governorship has split the county’s top political leaders down the middle just 13 months to the General Election. Although most political leaders in the region are allied to Deputy President William Ruto, they do not see eye-to-eye with Governor Sang. These differences prompted organisers who had invited Ruto to visit development projects in Aldai, Nandi Hills and Emgwen in February to stop the local leaders from addressing residents so as to avoid any altercations. Lagat, the former MP, said he is “fully in the governorship contest to dethrone Sang.”“We cannot watch as Nandi lags behind due to poor administration. The governor’s critics have accused him of taking credit for projects that were implemented by other leaders.

Source: Standard Digital July 04, 2021 08:15 UTC