Jubilee senators talk in parables over Kindiki exit

Nominated senators Victor Prengei and Millicent Omanga at Parliament on Tuesday. The two are facing disciplinary action for failure to attend a Jubilee Parliamentary meeting at State House, Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Deputy President William Ruto’s camp had marshalled 22 senators in the failed bid to block the ouster of Kipchumba Murkomen and Susan Kihika from Senate leadership, but only managed seven votes in the removal of Kithure Kindiki as Deputy Speaker.

At least 15 senators shifted alliance within a span of one week, leaving Ruto’s ally, Prof Kindiki, to endure a humiliating defeat in the Senate where President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga rallied 54 members to eject the Tharaka Nithi Senator.