Five nominated senators from the Jubilee Party have been met by bad news, reportedly they have been expelled for apparently failing to attend the Parliamentary Group meeting convened by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday, May 11, 2020
In relation to a statement from the party released on Wednesday, May 13, Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju accused the senators of gross insubordination and misconduct.
A day after a controversial meeting at Statehouse that saw the then Leader of the Majority in the Senate Kipchumba Murkomen ejected and his place taken by Samuel Poghisio a KANU party member.
5 nominated Senators who failed to attend the meeting convened by President Uhuru Kenyatta at Statehouse will be expelled from the party according to a statement by the party’s Secretary General Raphael Tuju.
The Senators to be expelled are:
- Falhada Decow Iman
- Naomi Jilo Wago
- Victor Prengei
- Mary Seneta Yiane
- Millicent Omanga
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The five have also been ordered to appear before the party’s governing body to explain and give reasons as to why they failed to attend the meeting without sending prior notice
The statement further claimed that the lawmakers received messages and did not even bother to heed to its call or send any apologies for not attending the meeting.
Jubilee Party members allied to Deputy President William Ruto have maintained their stand that they were unaware of the meeting that led to the ouster of Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen as Senate Majority Leader.
The five senators were among the 22 who appended their signatures on a sheet that disputed the ouster of Murkomen and former Majority Whip Susan Kihika.
The State House meeting was attended by 20 senators including Baringo's Gideon Moi who is a member of The Kenya African National Union (Kanu) alongside the president and the Jubilee secretary General Tuju.
Murkomen and Kihika were ousted after allegedly being accused of not supporting President Uhuru Kenyatta's agenda despite him being their Party leader.
In their rejoinder, the leaders allied to DP Ruto claimed that the ouster did not follow the law claiming the State House meeting lacked quorum but proceeded with the decision anyway.
Murkomen later claimed that in his decision to uphold the ouster, Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka was acting under duress from the "mighty".
Murkomen was replaced by West-Pokot Senator Samuel Poghisio while Murang'a Senator Irungu Kang'ata took Kihika's place.
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