MPs tell off Nyeri Senator Ephraim Maina for asking the President to sack Devolution CS Kiunjuri

Mount Kenya politicians led by Laikipia West MP Patrick Mariru (centre) during a press conference when they told off Nyeri Senator Ephraim Maina for asking the President to sack  Devolution CS Mwangi Kiunjuri. [Wilis Awandu/Standard]

The controversy stirred by President Uhuru Kenyatta's expected new Cabinet raged on Sunday when 15 MPs from Mount Kenya region defended Devolution Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri.

In a joint statement, the MPs told off Nyeri Senator Ephraim Maina for asking the President to sack Mr Kiunjuri on claims that he had fallen out with the region's leaders.