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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Orange Democratic Movement has dismissed claims that Wiper’s Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior is next on its de-whipping purges in the house.<\/p>\n

The party said Mutula is a great asset and a great debater in the house who is committed to all of his responsibilities.<\/p>\n

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While speaking on KTN’s NewsHour Wednesday night, Siaya Senator James Orengo refuted the claims that Mutula would be dewhipped in the same fate that befell Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala.<\/p>\n

He said Malala,\u00a0who did not hold any leadership position in the Senate, was to serve in the position of the Deputy Minority Whip for a period of one year.<\/p>\n

“Malala is not being true to himself. All along he knew that we had a written agreement that he would serve in that position for one year but we allowed him to serve more than that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Last month Malala was ousted from the position by the NASA senators and replaced by Kilifi Senator Steward Madzayo.<\/p>\n

The move came after the Senators’ Parliamentary Group met at Parliament to deliberate on Malala\u2019s ouster.<\/p>\n

Malala was accused of gross misconduct and mischief in the recently concluded Matungu parliamentary by-election.<\/p>\n

But Orengo dismissed this claim saying the sitting Matungu MP was an ANC member and it should not be misinterpreted to look like ODM was fighting to retain its seat.<\/p>\n

“Wetangula’s case was a unique one because he was the only one in the Senate. A lot of issues were being discussed by ODM group where he was not a member and it became somehow difficult for him to come along,” he said.<\/p>\n

Orengo said initially the NASA coalition had agreed that if it ascends to power, Wetangula would be given the Deputy Prime Minister position.<\/p>\n

But since the plan did not work, it became difficult for the coalition to abide by the pre-election pact and had to find a way to accommodate Wetangula as a co-principle in the NASA coalition.<\/p>\n

“We had looked at the constitution and agreed that Wetangula would be the deputy prime minister, but as a country, you understand we still have big challenges in implementing pre-elections pacts,” he said.<\/p>\n

Orengo said the reason Mutula Kilonzo Junior is viewed as a great asset because he does a great job in whipping members regardless of their party affiliations.<\/p>\n

“He is a committed member in all the committees that he represents the coalition in like the finance and the legal committees,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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