Differences between Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen and a section of Nandi elected legislators widened after electorates and contractors demanded respect for their will.
They expressed solidarity with their leaders who accused Senior State leaders of deliberately sidelining Nandi in development matters.
This comes after Senator Murkomen clashed with Senator Samson Cherargei over the award of tenders in the area.
Speaking in the local Kalenjn dialect, Murkomen strongly criticised Cherargei for allegedly opposing one of the contractors chosen to pave a road simply because he was not a Kalenjin.
Cherargei advocated for the allocation of a road project to a local contractor, emphasising that the move would benefit the residents.
But a group of residents on Tuesday backed Cherargei.
The groups, Nandi Contractors Association, Saw Milling Association and youth leadership said they were treating with contempt statements made by the CS during a funeral at Kapnyamisa in Chesumei constituency.
Nandi leaders led by Senator Cherargei and Woman representative Cynthia Muge expressed outrage over the allocation of Sh24m for road maintenance under KERRA in the area.
The two lawmakers accused the CS of being unfair.
They also demanded to know the parameters used to allocate Nandi Sh24m for the murraming of a road that had been earmarked for upgrade into bitumen standards by President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration.
On Monday, Isaac Sang, Benjamin Kuto, and Cosmas Kiptoo also claimed that a petition filed in a high court on the illegality of the Office of Head of Public Service revolved around “road construction cartels”.
Kiptoo who is the president of the Association of Nandi Youths said the petition is sponsored by well-placed personalities within the Kenya Kwanza administration in an attempt to clip the current holder of the office Felix Koskei.
