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Why Senate Speaker Ekwe Ethuro had to go

Former Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro arrives in Parliament on Thursday. He was replaced with former Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Jubilee Party’s withdrawal of support for Ekwee Ethuro in the race for Senate speaker did not come as a surprise.

At a Jubilee Parliamentary Group meeting at State House Nairobi on Wednesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto whipped Jubilee legislators to vote for immediate former Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka.

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