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Give us list of Al Shabaab sympathisers or quit, Kenyan MPs tell Aden Duale

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale is under pressure to resign over allegations linking him to Al Shabaab.

Could Thursday’s press conference mark the beginning of the end for Majority Leader and Garisaa Township Member of Parliament Aden Duale, or could it just be a blip on his already controversial political career?

That was the question on everyone’s lips after 16 MPs, notably from President Uhuru Kenyatta's party, The National Alliance (TNA) and his deputy William Ruto's United Republican Party, called a press conference to demand that Duale "step aside" over allegations made in Parliament that linked him to Al-Shabaab.

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