Kalonzo poised for National Assembly Speaker position as battle shifts to top seats in Parliament
Kalonzo poised for National Assembly Speaker position as the battle between Azimio and Kenya Kwanza shifts to control of top seats in Parliament.
Following the announcement of the presidential results, the battle now shifts to the National Assembly and Senate, where the competition for the Speakership and other senior positions has already heated up.
The highly sought-after positions of Speaker of both Houses, Majority and Minority Leaders, and a number of parliamentary committee chairs are up for election.
As reported by the Standard nation, Wiper Party leader Kalonzo is poised for National Assembly Speaker position if Azimio MPs have their way in voting.
It is said during a meeting of Azimio elected MPs at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Kalonzo’s name featured prominently for the position.
Kalonzo Musyoka had been promised the position of Chief Cabinet Secretary in what would have been the Azimio government.
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, of the 12 seats already occupied by the independent MPs, 10 of the MPs have already thrown their weight behind Ruto’s coalition Kenya Kwanza.
The National Assembly has a total membership of 349, out of which 12 are slots for nominated MPs based on respective party strengths in the House.
Azimio had proposed that Marende, who dropped out of the Vihiga Senate seat race, would take over as Senate Speaker but the coalition party had left open the National Assembly Speaker slot.
Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi said that no name had been proposed for National Assembly Speaker during the pre-election agreement, but Kalonzo had featured prominently in the last few days.
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