Members of the Siaya county assembly have threatened to impeach governor James Orengo, accusing him of failure to implement a single development project in the current financial year.
And, in a bid to force the county executive led by the governor to account for what it has done with the development funds passed in the 2025/2026 financial year, the assembly, led by speaker George Okode, ordered the executive to formally respond to matters raised by the member for central Gem ward, Silas Madingu who expressed concern that nothing was moving in the wards.
The MCAs lamented that there could be a deliberate move by the Orengo – led executive to have them rejected by the electorate come next year’s elections over poor development record.
In his statement to the house, Madingu sought the leave of the house to discuss non implementation of ward and county executive development projects and programs and its effects on the citizens of Siaya.
Madingu said that the assembly duly considered and approved the budget estimates for the financial year 2025/2026 within the constitutional timelines which should have set in motion the implementation of the projects and programs.
He noted with concern that with barely two months to the close of the financial year, the county executive has failed, neglected and refused to procure, award and implement a substantial number of development programs and projects approved in the budget.
The Central Gem ward legislator further accused the executive of disregarding a commitment he made during a joint county assembly and the county executive meeting held in December 2025 that all development projects will be tendered by the end of January, 2026.
Madingu told the assembly that the electorate, who actively participated in the budgeting process, are disillusioned by lack of service delivery and non-visible development.
He called on the assembly not to be complicit in the failure of the county executive to discharge its constitutional and statutory obligations and called on the house to summon the director of procurement among other county executive members to submit a comprehensive response.
Reacting to the statement, MCAs expressed outrage over what they termed as the executive’s “neglect and refusal” to procure, award, and implement a substantial number of projects approved in the 2025-2026 budget.
They said that the executive’s inaction is not only a breach of constitutional duty but a direct threat to their political survival as the electorate grows increasingly disillusioned.
The legislators emotionally narrated how the voters have become hostile, with South East Alego MCA, Scholastica Madowo who seconded the statement describing the implementation crisis as a “cancer”.
“It is the MCA who bears the brunt. My people believe I am the one failing to deliver, yet my role is oversight,” she lamented. “Many of us will not come back to this House simply because of this lack of implementation.”
West Uyoma, MCA Justus K’oguta said there was a disconnect between the governor’s public addresses and the reality on the ground.
He noted that a Sh47 million project aimed at reviving water services which the governor had touted as a success during his state of the county address was yet to even be procured.
North Sakwa MCA Oliver Arika urged the House to invoke Article 181 of the Constitution to remove non-performing officials.
“If the executive cannot do their job as demanded by law, let us do our job and ensure those responsible are ousted,” Arika stated.
Speaker George Okode directed that the executive be formally required to submit a comprehensive response to the concerns raised before a substantive motion could be moved and debated.
