Suba MP Millie expresses suspicion forward of speaker’s ruling

Suba MP Millie expresses suspicion forward of speaker’s ruling

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Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo has expressed her suspicion over the ruling on who the bulk aspect is in parliament set to be made by Moses Wetangula this Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Speaking throughout an interview om a neighborhood TV, Odhiambo alluded to a potential unfavourable ruling for her minority aspect.

Speaker Wetagula is scheduled to rule over the majority-minority deadlock this Wednesday afternoon, following in depth deliberation on the ground of parliament on Tuesday night.

During the deliberations, home speaker Moses Wetangula categorically said that the difficulty at hand stays a home matter to find out, including that courts didn’t have the capability and can’t rule on who the bulk is.

The speaker will likely be guided by a letter submitted to him after Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei revealed petitioning the register of events to avail the doc that has the place of particular person events within the coalition.

Millie has nonetheless hinted at a potential breach as she hinted chance of the speaker’s resolution to favour the federal government aspect of Kenya Kwanza.

Suspect

“We were waiting for the letter from the register of political parties. It’s the reality of why the speaker allowed the discussions to go on. It will give what the current membership of coalitions is. I have not looked at it but highly suspect it will be titled towards Kenya Kwanza. It was an issue with the original suit. The affidavit of the speaker alluded that register took long and cast aspersion,” Millie remarked.

“It’s good that the register moved with speed and while we were debating the letter came. What I can tell without looking at it, I highly suspect it has breached the law,” she said.

This comes after the MP boldly challenged the speaker to resign from his position citing a case of battle of curiosity.

In her assertion, Millie claimed that Wetangula ought to take the step in compliance to the court docket’s resolution.

“Mr Speaker, I humbly request you to step down and mandate Gladys Boss Shollei in discharging functions as the speaker because of your conflict of interest. Mr Speaker I want to urge that as a parliament we need to obey court rulings and decisions, even if we don’t agree with them,” she said.

Wetang’ula responds

Responding to Millie’s sentiments, Wetang’ula dismissed her name for his resignation noting that there isn’t any movement offered earlier than the home about his conduct as Speaker

“Yours truly as speaker, I do not debate or vote. I hold a position of honour to preside over your proceeding, anybody who wants to say anything about judgement, I’m going to give you an opportunity and it is going to be upon yours truly to give a ruling on the matter, it must also be made very clear as we listen to each other and that neither the court nor other authority outside this chamber can make declarations that affect the conduct of business here except by voting and the speaker giving you rulings,” he mentioned.