Sifuna removed as Deputy Minority Whip in Senate
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has been removed as the Senate Deputy Minority Whip, with Eddy Oketch appointed as his replacement. The move has sparked controversy within the Azimio la Umoja coalition, which claims the process violated internal agreements.
Why it matters
This leadership shuffle highlights internal power struggles and procedural disputes within Kenya's opposition coalition.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna. [File, Standard] Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has been removed as the Senate Deputy Minority Whip in communication made by Senate Speaker Amason Kingi on Thursday. Kingi said that the Nairobi Senator would be replaced by his Migori counterpart Eddy Oketch in the changes. The Speaker said that he received minutes from a meeting that ousted him including the a list of Senators who signed his removal petition. "The new office holder with immediate effect is Senator Eddy Gicheru Oketch," Kingi told Senators. The changes come amidst a letter that had been sent to Kingi by the Azimio la Umoja coalition earlier in the day which said that they had received complaints from member parties and individual Senators over a plot to interfere with its leadership in the Senate.
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