Chaos erupted in the Baringo county assembly after some UDA members attempted to introduce a new list of house leadership.
This was after house speaker Vincent Kemboi read out two conflicting letters on house majority leadership during Tuesday’s morning session.
Kemboi had read to the house a communication from Sacho MCA John Tarus who had tabled a new list of party leadership.
The speaker then read a second letter the assembly received from the party headquarters retaining the current leadership of Lawi Kipchumba as majority leader, Josphat Lokorio as deputy majority leader, Ernest Kibet as majority chief whip and Purity Talam as his deputy whip.
This did not go well with the majority of members.
The speaker was caught up in the melee after some MCAs charged at him attempting to snatch the two letters.
The opposing camp noted that they met last month and proposed Lembus Perkerra MCA Kennedy Kiprono as the house majority leader, deputised by David Sitoi while John Tarus and Eveline Korir would assume the positions of majority and deputy majority whip respectively.
Speaking to the press at his office, Kemboi condemned the incident he said was against the house standing orders.
He stated that the assembly shall institute disciplinary action on members who will be found culpable and that the matter could have been resolved peacefully.
“We are going to engage the powers and privileges committee so that it will take action against the MCAs who attempted to charge at the speaker,” Kemboi said.
The house comprises of 31 UDA legislators, nine from Kanu, two from Orange Democratic Movement and one from Jubilee Party.
The speaker advised the ruling party to put its house in order in Baringo since the stalemate is likely to affect assembly business.