The discharged members include Sarang’ombe MCA Lawrence Otieno, Kabiro MCA Clarence Munga and his Mathare North counterpart Jared Okode.
Mr Otieno was de-whipped from Trade and Water committees, Mr Okode from Transport, Planning and Culture committees, and Mr Munga from Implementation, ICT, Culture and Trade committees.
The three “rebels” have been accused of going against party position at the assembly by siding with Jubilee Party MCAs to vote for the removal of public accounts committee (PAC) chairperson Wilfred Odalo, a fellow ODM MCA.
The three appended their signatures together with 12 Jubilee MCAs to see Mr Odalo removed at the helm of the watchdog committee despite ODM being against the move.
They are said to have signed a petition to oust Mr Odalo despite the Orange party warning against it. Another 12 Jubilee MCAs had signed the ouster petition.
The de-whipping of the MCAs was communicated by ODM Minority Whip Peter Imwatok through a letter to Speaker Benson Mutura.
In the letter dated May 5, Mr Imwatok stated that the three MCAs had been discharged from the committees as per Standing Order 168 (1) after being accused of misconduct.
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“This is due to the reported gross misconducted namely, coercing and intimidating members to go against the party position and house leadership,” read the letter in part.
The fallout is so deep that even the plaque at Mr Imwatok’s office at the county assembly has been removed and vandalised.
The ward representatives in the Raila Odinga-led party have also begun collecting signatures after losing confidence in the leadership of the minority whip.
The second term MCA is accused by his colleagues of allegedly using the party’s name in bad light at the county government to advance his selfish interests.
According to one of the MCAs behind the push to remove the leader, Highrise Ward MCA Kennedy Oyugi, signature collection has started with 32 MCAs already appending their signatures.
In a letter from the federation to the champions and obtained by
Goal, Eritrea and Djibouti are among the nations who will take part in the competition. We wish to inform your club that Football Kenya Federation has been nominated to host the upcoming inaugural Council for East and Cecafa Women s Champions League tournament scheduled to take place from July 17 - August 1, 2021, read the letter addressed to the club s CEO Michael Ogada. The aforementioned tournament will see 11 countries - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Rwanda, Burundi, and Zanzibar, from the East African region, participate in the competition.
Nairobi MCAs Vow To Pass BBI Bill With Or Without Uhuru’s Car Grants
Nairobi County Assembly leadership has indicated that it will rally its members to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) bill.
Led by Deputy Majority Whip Waithera Chege, the ward reps maintained that their decision has not been influenced by President Uhuru’s pledge to offer them car grants.
“We have resolved to pass BBI with or without car grants for we believe it has many benefits for devolution. Likewise, I am asking my counterparts countrywide not to vote for the bill because of the car grant but for the benefits it has for the future generation,” said Chege.