Residents angry as Baringo governor snubs public meeting

A resident of Baringo tries to stop Barwesa MCA Joseph Maklap (right) from addressing a public accountability forum called by Civil rights groups at Kabranet town on August 3,2015 to have the county executive account for million of shillings lost during the financial year 2013-2014.The report of the Auditor general had indicated that the county failed to account for some shillings 500 million. [PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH/STANDARD]

Baringo residents took the fight against corruption a notch higher when they summoned the county executive to a public forum to shed light on queries raised in a report of the Auditor General that showed irregularities and misuse of resources amounting to millions of shillings in 2013-2014 financial year.

However, hundreds of residents who converged at an open ground in Kabarnet town yesterday were left disappointed after Governor Benjamin Cheboi failed to show up.