Remarks by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on the government being a company of shares to loyalists have gotten the opposition riled to initiate a probe into his conduct.
Speaking on Thursday, February 23, at Radio Citizen, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna disclosed that as a coalition, they had initiated a motion to discuss Gachagua’s conduct over his divisive remarks.
"As Azimio, we have set up a motion to discuss his conduct because of his utterances which we see are causing division in the country to make it seem like there are those who are more important than others," he stated.
In his submissions, Sifuna outlined that all Kenyans were equal irrespective of their political views.
“We have taken a stand that Kenya is for all of us whether you voted for Ruto or Raila Odinga because this is our motherland and we are paying taxes just like anybody else,” he added.
On the contention in the Senate about the Minority leadership, Sifuna added that it was imperative for the Senate Speaker to allow Azimio to make their desired changes as the delay was hindering their agenda.
“Being a leader on either side of the divide is key because you are the one expected to enforce the agendas of your party. You cannot be the leader of a team that you do not agree with their ideologies," he argued.
Sifuna made this remark in relation to the Azimio Coalition's move to de-whip Isiolo Senator Fatuma Dullo from her position as the Minority Whip.
"We have written to the Speaker that we do not recognise Fatuma Dullo as our leader in the house,
As Azimio, we made a resolve not to recognise Ruto as President yet she was among those who attended the State House meeting going against the coalition's position," he argued.
He wondered how after denouncing the coalition, she would still stick to a team that did not agree with their ideologies.
The move by Jubilee elected leaders to visit the State House led to Odinga making house changes replacing Dullo with Narok Senator Ledama Olekina as the Minority Whip and electing Sifuna as the Deputy Minority Whip in the Senate.
Dullo, however, got a reprieve after the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal revoked the changes preventing Azimio from effecting the changes.
