Ousted Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of political conmanship moments after the Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka approved the leadership changes.
Lusaka said the changes followed the Senate's standing orders 19 (1) (2) (3), 40 (5) and (7) and met the threshold under standing order 19 (5) there having been a majority of the votes.The Speaker communicated the changes to the House in the afternoon of Tuesday, May 12.
"The minutes showed 20 senators attended the meeting and resolved unanimously to remove Murkomen as Majority leader, Susan Kihika as Majority Whip and subsequently elected Samuel Poghisio, Irungu Kang'ata and Haji Farhiya as Majority leader, whip and deputy whip respectively," Lusaka said.
Murkomen reluctantly accepted his fate as he asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to deliver as his mandate now that he was "out of the way".
Murkomen reluctantly accepted his fate as he asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to deliver as his mandate now that he was "out of the way".
"I want to say to President Uhuru Kenyatta; now therefore deliver for the people of Kenya, Murkomen is out of the way. If I was your stumbling block, deliver for the people of Kenya," Murkomen said.The Ruto ally said he was not worried about losing his position.
Mr Speaker, I am not worried, and I have no problem, not being the Majority Leader; what was only being defended on this side, was the fact that we must follow the rules. Be it as it may, Mr Speaker, if finally you'll disregard the law and make a decision that I am not going to be the Majority Leader in this house, what I can only say is that I want to thank my colleagues who voted for me, supported me throughout and who have continued having faith in me even amidst a lot of intimidation from the executive."
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