Petitioners challenge defections, coalition deals by MPs after polls

Speaker Moses Wetangula (right) with a section of Parliamentary Service Commissioners at the County Hall, Nairobi, on November 10, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Are MPs free to defect or shift allegiance from one coalition to another soon after being elected?

This is the question the High Court will be grappling with in a case filed by 12 petitioners, who argue that MPs are violating the Constitution by defecting from Azimio to Kenya Kwanza.