National Assembly Speaker Moses has maintained that the Kenya Kwanza coalition is the majority despite the Last week Friday ruling that declared the opposition majority.
In issuing his ruling today, Wetang’ula said the court did not give direction on which side is the majority or minority hence the status quo remains adding that the Kenya Kwanza coalition comprises 164 members and Azimio one Kenya alliance has 154 members.
“Arising from the foregoing, the Kenya Kwanza is the majority and the Azimio is the minority. The Leadership of the House remains unchanged,” Wetang’ula said in his communication message.
He further directed that if dissatisfied, an appeal should be lodged against the decision.
Azimio Members of Parliament led by the Minority whip and Suba North Member of Parliament Millie odhiambo disagreed with Wetang’ula’s decision adding that they would take further decisions against his ruling however much they respect his communication.
“We respectfully disagree with your communication. As Azimio, we shall take further action,” the Minority leader stated.
The Azimio MPs walked out of the house during the proceedings disgruntled.
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The Speaker’s ruling comes amid debate on which party occupies the majority and minority following the recent High Court ruling that stripped Kenya Kwanza of its majority status.
Three-judge bench including John Chigiti, Lawrence Mugambi, and Jairus Ngaah noted that Speaker Wetangula contradicted the Registrar of Political Parties whose documents showed that Azimio had the majority status in 2022 before 14 MPs jumped ship to the ruling party.
Yesterday, the Azimio legislators occupied the Majority side during the resumption of Parliamentary sittings and called upon Speaker Wetangula to honor the court ruling.
“The court decided that the Azimio side is the majority coalition. As a parliament, we need to obey court rulings even if we do not agree with them,” Millie stated.
