A section of Western leaders have come out to strongly oppose any attempts to remove the Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula following rumours that have been making rounds in the recent days suggesting existence of a scheme to oust the former Foreign Affairs Minister.
Speaking in Kakamega on Saturday, Deputy Governor of Kakamega County Ayub Savula stated leaders from Western Kenya will not tolerate any attempts to replace the National Assembly’s Speaker Moses Wetangula who is one of their own.
Savula defended the Speaker Wetangula emphasizing that the he has shown strong leadership especially in parliament where he serves as the chair of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).
According to him, Wetangula's dedication to his duties is excellent and as such, there are no valid grounds to remove him from the office whatsoever.
The deputy governor warned of any attempts to remove Speaker Wetangula as ill advised and will not be tolerated at all.
“I hear members of parliament from other areas organizing themselves to take the seat of the Speaker Moses Wetangula. Tell them that is akin to playing with fire,” he warned hinting there will be political consequences to the ruling Kenya Kwanza government.
“We will not allow our speaker to be removed from that seat,” he added firing a warning to plotters who are eyeing to install another speaker.
“The seat of the speaker of the National Assembly belongs to Moses Wetang’ula.”
The latest development comes right on the heels of Rigathi’s Gachagua’s impeachment who was ousted by Senate on account of 11 charges levelled against him.
Wetangula, in his capacity as National Assembly Speaker, presided over the sessions that culminated in MPs kicking him out.
Meanwhile, it is widely expected that once President Ruto is victorious at the courts and Kithure Kindiki is sworn in as Deputy President, the Head of State will make changes to his government. This is the basis which has triggered speculation on Wetangula potentially being kicked out.
Wetangula himself has not responded to the speculation.
