Battle for the control of National Assembly with 10 independent MPs-elects to now joined Ruto
Control of National Assembly is taking shape with 10 independent MPs-elects said to now joined Ruto’s coalition, Kenya Kwanza.
The battle for the control of the national assembly is taking course with Raila Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition leading in the National Assembly and Deputy President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza Alliance ahead in the Senate.
In the National Assembly, the Azimio coalition holds a slight majority with 162 seats while Kenya Kwanza has 159 seats.
In the Senate, Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza coalition got 24 seats while Azimio got 23.
However, with the 12 seats already occupied by the independent MPs, the control of the national assembly may tilt in whichever coalition the MPs throw their weight.
The MPs elected as independents are Rahim Dawood (Imenti North), Ronald Karauri (Kasarani), Elijah Njoroge (Gatundu North), Shakeel Shabbir (Kisumu East), Timothy Toroitich (Marakwet West), Joshua Mwalyo (Masinga), Nebert Muriuki (Mbeere South), Geoffrey Mulanya (Nambale) and Kitilai Ntutu (Narok South).
On the Woman Rep front, those elected as independents are Migori’s Fatuma Mohamed, Caroline Ngelechei (Elgeyo-Marakwet), and Monica Muthoni (Lamu).
Karauri and Ms. Mohamed had affiliated with Azimio before the polls, while Mr. Toroitich, Mr. Ntutu, and Ms. Ngelechei had backed Kenya Kwanza.
And now, ten independent MPs-elects have joined the Kenya Kwanza alliance after meeting with president-elect William Samoei Ruto.
Njoroge Kururia of Gatundu North, Ekesa Mulanya of Nambale, and Nebart Muriuki of Mbere South joined Kenya Kwanza in a move that was seen as the coalition’s plan to consolidate more numbers in the National Assembly.
Gatundu’s Njoroge Kururia met Ruto and deputy president-elect, Rigathi Gachagua, on Tuesday, August 16.
The president-elect also met the Mbeere South MP-elect, Nebart Muriuki, who confirmed via social media that he had joined Kenya Kwanza.
UDA Secretary General, Veronica Maina, in a notice, stated that the inaugural caucus scheduled to start at 9 am would include elected governors, senators, MPs, and Women representatives elected under Kenya Kwanza.
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