Lamu residents protested the rejection of the seven nominees to the county executive committee by county assembly. They said the rejection arose from political differences between Lamu governor Issa Timmamy and county assembly. “Lamu has remained behind in development all along. The county government gave us a chance to turn this around but now we are being taken back to the old days,” said Jambeni Mohamed, a resident. Abubakar Dumila, a Lamu politician, said the 150,000 Lamu population is in dire need of development. “We have no roads, no hospitals, no water. We should not engage in petty...
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