{"id":8557,"date":"2020-05-27T20:05:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2020-05-27T20:05:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T20:05:32","slug":"no-thank-you-you-can-have-your-senate-post-murkomen-tells-jubilee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/parties\/no-thank-you-you-can-have-your-senate-post-murkomen-tells-jubilee","title":{"rendered":"No thank you, you can have your Senate post, Murkomen tells Jubilee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has turned down the offer to serve in the Senate\u2019s Devolution Committee in the new changes announced by Jubilee Party on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the new changes announced by newly elected Majority Whip Irungu Kang&#8217;ata on Tuesday, Murkomen was to replace Laikipia Senator John Kinyua who is being ousted for leaning towards Deputy President William Ruto and also opposing the removal of Murkomen as majority leader.The former Majority Leader, however, said accepting the new post will be a slap in the face of Kinyua whose only mistake was to stand by him during his ouster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis afternoon I learnt from the media that I have been proposed to serve in the Senate Devolution Committee in effect replacing Senator Kinyua who is being punished for standing with me. Accepting the position will be tantamount to repaying unstinting loyalty with spite and treachery,\u201d he tweeted on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he will not take a position at the expense of his colleagues who are being humiliated for no reason, adding that he was ready to serve the nation in other capacities.\u201cNow and in the future, I am ready to serve the nation in any capacity and in any committee even as a mere member. What I abhor is to take up positions at the expense of colleagues who are being humiliated for no apparent reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dMurkomen also condemned the removal of other senators allied to DP Ruto from Senate committee posts, saying they are being targeted for standing with the truth.In the changes announced by\u00a0Kangata, Bomet Senator Christopher Langat has been removed from the House Business Committee and lost the Education Committee chairman post.<\/p>\n<p>Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei (Nandi) has\u00a0also been\u00a0removed as\u00a0Justice and Legal Affairs Committee chairman with his Meru counterpart Linturi Mithika also losing his membership at the powerful Senate County Public Accounts and Investment Committee.<\/p>\n<p>John Kinyua will also lose his position as the chairman of the Devolution Committee in the new\u00a0changes referred to as house cleaning exercise.\u201cI condemn the unwarranted humiliation of Senators Linturi, Kinyua, Langat and Cherargei merely because they stood by the truth and fairness,\u201d said Murkomen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has turned down the offer to serve in the Senate\u2019s Devolution Committee in the new changes announced by Jubilee Party on Tuesday. 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