Omanga: We Still Have The Numbers And I Will Defend Ruto Against Any Impeachment In Senate

Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga has once again defended DP William Ruto on the looming impeachment in parliament.

Omanga who has been spotted at Deputy President’s Ruto’s Karen residence a number of times, where they have been donating items to different youth business groups, insisted that they they still have the numbers to stop any kind of impeachment in the Senate.

“We assure DP Ruto today that any kind of impeachment will be dead on arrival, Ruto still enjoy a lot of support from parliament and he has no reason to worry at all.” She said

In an apparent effort to reaffirm her allegiance after Jubilee party’s purge, the Senator joined the DP in giving business kick-starts to youth business groups.

Omanga said she would not succumb to pressure to disassociate herself with Ruto’s presidential campaign team saying only death would stop her.

“I want to assure you your excellency, on the ground and in Parliament, we will stick with you and support your 2022 presidential committees.

I have received a lot of harassment and threats but they will come to an end, as long as I remain alive,I will be your foot soldier,” Omanga said while accompanying Ruto on a donation tour in Nairobi.

The statement was in sharp contrast to Omanga’s statement in May where she sought to distance herself from the DP and the Tanga Tanga political camp.

“On the divisions that people claim are within Jubilee, I haven’t spoken with DP Ruto on the issues. I haven’t spoken with him in the last one or two weeks, neither the president. I know the president listens and if he allows me to explain my issues, I will do so willingly,” Omanga said in late May.

The nominated Senator was among Senators who voted to remove former Deputy Speaker Kithure Kindiki – a close ally of the Deputy President.

Omanga was subjected to a disciplinary process by the Jubilee Party after she missed a parliamentary group meeting by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

She famously disowned her past comments made while she was in the Ruto team where she had said they had the numbers in Parliament and instead claimed she had meant the comment had been a social media joke.