Siaya youth leader Nick Ongoro has launched a scathing attack on the County Assembly, accusing ward representatives of political hypocrisy and demanding they dissolve the house before proceeding with any plans to impeach Governor James Orengo.

In a strongly worded press briefing on current political developments in the region, Ongoro faulted the Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) for suddenly turning against the Governor after allegedly functioning as “sycophants” of the executive for years.

“The same Governor you are now calling out because you have found new gods is the same Governor you were worshipping at the expense of our county’s growth,” Ongoro said. “If Orengo has to go, then you have to go first. Dissolve the County Assembly and face the electorates.”

Speaking in his office, the youth leader accused the regional assembly of long-standing complicity in the county’s administrative failures, stating that the lawmakers had historically abandoned their constitutional mandates of oversight, representation, and legislation in exchange for political convenience.

Ongoro listed a series of grievances where he claimed the assembly remained “silent in bed with the oppressors” while residents suffered, including the controversial nurses’ recruitment scandal, the approval of allegedly incompetent executive nominees, the passage of a punitive local Finance Bill and delays in paying local contractors, which he claimed led to financial ruin and depression among business owners.

“When Siaya became the bedroom of corruption, you were silent. You became darlings of the Executive and kept massaging the regime,” Ongoro stated.

He likened the assembly’s sudden shift toward accountability to “a thief holding a Bible in one hand while the other hand remains in the treasury.”

The youth representative further admonished the MCAs for allegedly capitalizing on external political wrangles in neighboring Homa Bay County and national political shifts to settle local scores, rather than focusing on the immediate development needs of underserved Siaya residents.

While maintaining that public accountability remains paramount and that every leader must answer to the Constitution, Ongoro insisted that the ongoing impeachment threats lack genuine intent.

By the time of going to press, the leadership of the Siaya County Assembly had not yet issued a response to Ongoro’s remarks or his call for their dissolution.