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Kenya: Ruto Didn’t Try to Sabotage Senate State House Meeting, Allies Say

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Senators allied to Deputy President William Ruto have denied claims that he tried to dissuade some of them from attending a State House meeting which resolved to remove Jubilee Senate leaders Kipchumba Murkomen and Susan Kihika as majority leader and majority whip respectively.

Endebess MP Robert Pukose accused some Senators of going off script as planned by DP Ruto and instead chose to grant the wish of President Uhuru Kenyatta to make the changes,

“The deputy president tried to call Trans Nzoia Senator Michael Mbito but he refused to pick his call. He was relying on him, among other senators, to deal a blow to the plans by the President,” Dr Pukose told journalists.

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But Senator Mbito has dismissed the claims as a smear campaign orchestrated by the Endebess MP aimed at tainting his image with a tag of a traitor, saying he is loyal to the President who is the party leader.

“President Uhuru Kenyatta is the party leader of Jubilee and his authority cannot be questioned as long as he has a mandate to lead us. Branding me a traitor for honouring his invite is uncalled for,” he noted.

The senator has further questioned what he termed as a move by Dr Pukose to take issue with his freedom of association, wondering why he now wants to determine which congregations he should attend and the ones he should not.

“The MP has been claiming that the deputy president influenced my election as a senator with the intention of infringing on my right of association. This is not right,” he complained.