Reports on Senator Moses Wetang’ula’s candidacy in 2017 misleading

NAIROBI: There is obvious journalistic laziness in reporting on the fate awaiting Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang’ula. Why don’t we let the Constitution tell us whether an MP loses his seat once his name is struck off the roll of voters?

 

Article 103 sets out eight ways the office of MP can be vacated. The provisions pertinent in this instance, however, are 103 (C) where one loses their seat if found to have breached Chapter Six of the Constitution and 103 (1)(g) if one becomes disqualified for election under Article 99 (2) (d) to (h).