UPDATE: Saturday, July 4: Senate Majority Chief Whip Irungu Kang'ata states that Senators Mary Seneta and Beatrice Kwamboka will be punished for fighting in Senate. He added that investigations are underway on the cause of the fistfight between the Senators.
"The matter is under investigation to ascertain facts. So far, we have conflicting information on what really transpired. There are those saying there was no fight but the bitter exchange of words and views, which is normal among politicians. We shall review CCTV footage, interview witnesses and make a conclusion," Kang'ata detailed.
UPDATE Wednesday, July 1: The Senate has suspended the election of vice-chairperson of Senate Health Committee after chaos erupted at the August House.
Narok Senator Ledama ole Kina had emerged victorious in the voting process that took place in Parliament on Wednesday.
Senators Beatrice Kwamboka and Mary Seneta traded blows after the former accused the latter's team of forging Senator Milicent Omanga's signature in support of her bid for the post.
Drama unfolded inside the precincts of the Senate on Wednesday, July 1, after two senators traded blows over the election of Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina as the vice-chair of the Senate Health Committee.
Nominated Senators Mary Seneta (who was competing against Ledama) and Beatrice Kwamboka got into a fistfight following his election.
The incident was supposedly stirred by Deputy Majority Whip Farhiya Ali's dispute over the election and allegedly demanded its postponement.
Ali had been accused of forging the Signature of Senator Milicent Omanga to appear that she supported Senator when she was in support of Ledama.
“I will deal with you, I am in leadership, you will know who I am.
“You can not tell me anything, I am Raila Odinga's person and I am in the leadership, I will deal with you,” stated Kwamboka during the fistfight.
In the unprecedented drama, the two are said to have two tore each other's clothes while their colleagues watched.
Ledama lamented over what he described as disappointment in the chaos that he said often erupts after he gets elected to various Senate committees leaderships.
"How comes I have troubles in every committee I am elected to lead. I was elected the chair of CPAIC (County Public Accounts and Investment Committee), I was kicked out and now vice-chair of the health committee, the powers that be are against me," he is quoted in the People Daily.
The Narok Senator had agreed to step down from the CPAIC committee position after holding a private meeting with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. He had sought to lead the committee but fell out favour of Senate Majority Leader James Orengo and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party.
Odinga posted on his Facebook page confirming the deal between the party and the legislator.
“Narok Senator Ledama ole Kina has this morning agreed to withdraw the case he had filed against ODM over the Senate Public Accounts Committee chairmanship, surrendered the seat and apologised. In return, I have instructed the party to reverse the decision to de-whip the Senator," he stated.
“I was elected to chair the Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC) and was denied, now I have been elected vice-chair Health Committee and now they are trying to frustrate me,” lamented Ledama.
