Chaos rocks Senate with three Azimio senators kicked out over leadership changes
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Azimio senators kicked out of Senate chambers over leadership changes with the speaker failing to address the coalition's demands
Azimio senators kicked out of Senate chambers over leadership changes with the speaker failing to address the coalition’s demands.
Chaos erupted on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, February 22, after its Deputy Speaker and Meru Senator Kathuri Murungi kicked out three senators allied to the Azimio la Umoja coalition.
The trio, Enoch Wambua (Kitui), Senate Minority Leader Stewart Madzayo (Kilifi), and Ledama Ole Kina (Narok) were suspended from attending the proceedings for three days.
The chaos broke out after speaker Amason Kingi failed to effect changes to the minority wing.
Deputy Speaker Kathure Murungi ordered the suspension of proceeding after the Azimio senators staged a show, camping on the floor and shouting at the speaker to effect changes.
The chaos ensued as Murungi issued a communication regarding the change of the leadership of the minority in the house, prompting defiance from Azimio senators.
The Deputy Speaker had dismissed Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna’s appeal for the matter of the seat of Minority Whip to be left for the Azimio coalition and not fall under the jurisdiction of the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal (PPDT).
The Azimio senators disregarded the deputy speaker’s orders and proceeded to chant while calling for their pleas to be heard.
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The Senate was debating a case filed by Isiolo Senator Fatuma Dullo at the PPDT following her de-whipping as the senate minority whip for her association with President William Ruto.
“As I stated the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal that pending Interparty’s hearing and determination of the application, interim orders of an injunction are hereby issued restraining the respondent and interested parties from implementing the communication and resolutions by respondents, particularly the Nakuru parliamentary meeting held on February 14, 2023, purporting to remove Fatuma Dullo and other members of Jubilee party from the position of Senate minority whip and parliamentary committees and their privileges respectively,” Murungi stated.
Sifuna’s appeal, which was tabled before the Senate, advocated for the matter to be separated from the Interparty’s Tribunal.
The Nairobi senator sought the chair to separate matters covered by the Tribunal and therefore give directions on the matter of the Seat of the Deputy Senate Minority Whip.
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