A group of NASA MCAs protested against ODM chairman John Mbadi's attempt to replace Nairobi assembly minority leader Elias Otieno and chief whip Peter Imwatok.
The MCAs accused Mbadi of being misled by a 'few renegades' to make the decision without consultation.
Mbadi unsuccessfully attempted to replace Otieno with Highrise MCA Kennedy Oyugi and Imwatok with Lower Savannah ward representative Nicholas Okumu on Thursday.
The changes were rejected by acting speaker Mwaura Chege on grounds that Mbadi did not follow due process and standing order.
The MCAs maintained they have never held a meeting to vote out Otieno and Imwatok.
They further added that the standing order required all members to take a vote and the resolution communicated to the speaker by the whip to replace the leaders.
In a letter addressed to Mbadi, the MCAs stated: “We are the majority of the members who are in the assembly and we are not aware of the said decisions. No internal party conflict resolution mechanism has been deployed.”
Addressing a press conference at City Hall, the MCAs claimed that ‘only seven disgruntled' members were behind the attempted change of guard.
Viwandani MCA David Mbithi claimed that the renegades were disgruntled by the recent reshuffle of the committees.
“They are now misleading the chairman to appear as if there are wrangles in the assembly. We are united and we want to tell those hell-bent to divide us to engage themselves in something else because they won’t succeed,” the statement read.
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