National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has been sued by the Azimio coalition for favouring nominated Member of Parliament Sabina Chege and recognising her as the Jubilee Party Whip.
In the lawsuit, filed by former Kakamega Governor, Wycliffe Oparanya, Azimio wants Jubilee Party to be recognised as still being a member of the opposition coalition.
As such, Azimio led by Raila Odinga wants the National Assembly Speaker to refrain from recognising Jubilee as a Parliamentary party.
The opposition coalition argues this would be tantamount to undermining coalition agreements between political parties.
In the lawsuit, Azimio observed that the wrangles in Jubilee that resulted in a breakaway faction led by Sabina Chege were internal wrangles that could be solved through a National Delegates Conference.
With no NDC held to solve the internal wrangles, Azimio faulted Wetangula for what they perceive as favouring the breakaway group which has agreed to work with the Kenya Kwanza alliance led by President William Ruto.
"I have been further advised that the Speaker's decision (to recognise Jubilee as a Parliamentary Party) is a personal decision, unconstitutional, with ill motives and intended to cause splitting up in the coalition," the petition read in part.
"The Speaker acted contrary to the Constitution by declaring that Jubilee Party is a parliamentary party yet it is still part of the Petitioners coalition."
Wetangula recognised Jubilee as a Parliamentary Party on October 25, the same day he okayed Chege's expulsion as the National Assembly Deputy Minority Whip.
At the time, Speaker Wetangula ruled that Jubilee had met the threshold to be declared a Parliamentary party.
The former Bungoma Senator stated then that while Chege was being replaced as Deputy Minority Whip by Embakasi West MP Mark Mwenje, she would assume the position of Whip in the former ruling party.
"From Deputy Minority Whip of some coalition to Chief Whip of the Jubilee Parliamentary Group. To God be the Glory," Chege remarked following the leadership changes.
