Kenya: COG Asserts Senate Boycott in Letter Copied to CJ, Watchdog Agencies

Kenya: COG Asserts Senate Boycott in Letter Copied to CJ, Watchdog Agencies

Nairobi -- The Council of Governors (CoG) has asserts its stance to boycott the Senate's County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), escalating a standoff with the Senate over what Governors describe as persistent misconduct by certain members of the powerful oversight committee.

Senate–Governors standoff escalates as Kingi calls off planned meeting

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 26 — The Council of Governors (CoG) has convened an urgent meeting to deliberate its next course of action after Senate Speaker Amason Kingi called off a planned engagement between governors and Senate leadership, citing what he termed as contempt of Parliament by county chiefs. In a letter dated February 25, 2026, addressed to CoG Chairperson Ahmed Abdullahi, Kingi said the meeting scheduled for Thursday had been deferred in…