Wiper MP Dismisses Expulsion Calls After Voting To Impeach Gachagua
Mavoko MP Patrick Makau has chastised a faction of Wiper party members who have been campaigning for his removal following the impeachment of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
There has been a call for the party to take disciplinary action against members who voted against the wishes of Kalonzo Musyoka’s party.
At least five members of the outfit defied the party’s request to vote against the impeachment motion.
These are Farah Maalim (Dadaab), Danson Mwashako (Wundanyi), Charles Nguna (Mwingi West), and Robert Basil (Yatta).
However, party insiders stated that Makau would be exempt from the purge because “he explained himself.”
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The lawmaker explained that an opportunity presented itself, and he should not have passed it up.
Makau, who is also a commissioner at the Parliamentary Service Commission, told his critics at a burial in Tseikuru, Mwingi, over the weekend that he would be the last man to leave the umbrella outfit.
“You don’t go removing people from the party simply because they hold a different opinion. And those who are agitating for my ouster are members who found me in Parliament,” said Makau.
He went on to say, “Tell them that this is our party and we are going nowhere.”
According to some party insiders, the movement to remove Makau was orchestrated by the party’s top politicians.
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The Azimio La Umoja coalition’s faction led by Kalonzo Musyoka had promised to support Gachagua during the impeachment process.
The leaders had promised to mobilise legislators and prevent any attempt to impeach Gachagua.
Kalonzo dismissed Gachagua’s impeachment, calling it an illegality.
He accused legislators who voted to impeach Gachagua of being used by the Kenya Kwanza administration to divert attention and cover its misdeeds.
Wiper MP Dismisses Expulsion Calls After Voting To Impeach Gachagua
