Africa-Press – Kenya. National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has said the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party has no elected member under its banner.
“If it were to be considered a political party, the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition party has no elected member in this house today as no elected member was elected under its banner,” he said.
Wetang’ula said what is clear from the constitution is that the leader of the majority party must lead either a party or a coalition of parties in the National Assembly.
“I invite the house to note my emphasis on the word either,” he said in a ruling on Thursday.
Wetang’ula said the Azimio party has no elected MP.
Members of Parliament were deliberating on the majority membership of the House.
Both Kenya Kwanza and Azimio have maintained that they hold the sway in the National Assembly with each side claiming to have the numerical advantage in the House.
Azimio MPs insisted that they are the majority in the National Assembly by dint of the MPs elected under political parties that formed the coalition.
Azimio la Umoja is recognised by the Office of the Registrar of Political parties as a political party comprising 26 fully registered political parties.
This is by dint its coalition agreement deposited and evaluated by the ORPP.
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