A fierce constitutional battle is brewing in Siaya after a local environmental rights lobby moved to court seeking to compel the county government to operationalize long-delayed village councils.
The Acacia Community Development Association and its Chief Executive Officer Dr. David Walter Odede Oremo have filed a petition at the High Court of Kenya in Siaya, accusing the county of violating the Constitution by failing to implement grassroots governance structures created in law five years ago.
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