{"id":12991,"date":"2020-08-18T18:22:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12991"},"modified":"2020-08-18T18:22:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:22:22","slug":"two-ford-k-mps-shown-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/two-ford-k-mps-shown-the-door","title":{"rendered":"Two Ford-K MPs shown the door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Authors: Allan Mungai and Harold Odhiambo<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Ford-Kenya leadership dispute yesterday took a new turn after a meeting of the party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC), led by Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang\u2019ula, (<strong>pictured<\/strong>) expelled three legislators from the party.<\/p>\n<p>The party expelled Kanduyi MP Wafula Wamunyinyi, his Tongaren counterpart Eseli Simiyu and nominated Ward Rep Cynthia Mutere.\u00a0The trio however downplayed the decision by the executive as a \u201cfarce\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wetang\u2019ula\u00a0is fighting to maintain his grip of the lion party leadership following an attempted coup instigated by his then Secretary General Eseli on May 31.\u00a0Yesterday, the NEC and Ford-Kenya Parliamentary Group members met to seal the fate of the trio for breaching party constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NEC has recommended they are expelled,\u201d read a statement signed by the party\u2019s acting Secretary General Millicent Abudho.\u00a0The wrangles in Ford-Kenya have split the party into two factions; one led by Wetang\u2019ula and the other by Mr Wamunyinyi.<\/p>\n<p>Wetang\u2019ula said the three had brought upheavals in the party and \u201cremoving the few bad apples was the best decision\u201d the party made towards the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d rather have fewer members who follow the party constitution than many who do not toe the line,\u201d said Wetang\u2019ula, adding: \u201cThey chose a path and choices have consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The party\u2019s action opens the door for the trio to lose their seats should\u00a0 their names be presented to the Registrar of Political Parties for action and their expulsion ratified.\u00a0Wamunyinyi, Eseli and Mutere however said they were unperturbed by the said decision and asked their constituents and\u00a0supporters to ignore the \u201cpurported dismissal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that a meeting to make such a decision could only be convened by the Secretary General, and since Eseli did not call the meeting, any resolution reached was void. \u201cThe NEC has 75 members and 46 of them are on our side.<\/p>\n<p>To have a quorum you need half of the members a criteria they did not meet,\u201d Wamunyinyi said.\u00a0Eseli said Wetang\u2019ula was not \u201cfit to lead a party, especially through a turbulent period of transition elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In Kisumu, National Elections Council members drawn from 12 Western counties dismissed Wetang\u2019ula\u2019s move. Led by Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati, the NEC members termed the move a public relations stunt to be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>The NEC meeting at a Nairobi hotel that expelled the trio could come a cropper as the Registrar of Political Parties Ann Nderitu, on August 14, advised the party against holding such meetings on account of existence of a court case. Political gatherings also go against Covid-19 control protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Allan Mungai and Harold Odhiambo AfricaPress-Kenya: The Ford-Kenya leadership dispute yesterday took a new turn after a meeting of the party\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC), led by Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang\u2019ula, (pictured) expelled three legislators from the party. 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