National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has ruled that Kenya Kwanza is the majority in Parliament.
This follows a debate on who holds the majority and minority offices in the National Assembly.
The Speaker said that Azimio has 154 Members of Parliament while Kenya Kwanza has 165 in the August House.
“Arising from the foregoing, the Kenya Kwanza is the majority and the Azimio is the minority. The Leadership of the House remains unchanged,” the Speaker stated.
Wetang’ula said the court did not declare any party as the majority or minority and neither did it declare the leader of the majority or minority.
On February 7, a High Court ruling faulted Speaker Moses Wetang’ula for declaring Kenya Kwanza the majority side.
On February 7 High Court ruling that faulted Speaker Moses Wetang’ula for declaring Kenya Kwanza the majority side.
According to the speaker, Azimio was registered on April 2022 and comprises of 21 parties including Jubilee, ODM, Wiper Democratic Movement, KANU, National Rainbow Coalition, Muungano Party, Democratic Action Party, Democratic Action Party Kenya, United Party of Independent Alliance, United Progressive Alliance, Kenya Union Party, United Democratic Party, Movement for Democracy and Growth, Kenya Reformed Party, Chama Cha Uzalendo among many others.
He said that Kenya Kwanza was registered on June 3, 2022 and comprised of 11 political parties including UDA, Amani National Congress, and Forum for Restoration of Democracy Kenya, Chama Cha Kazi, Communist Party and Farmers Party among others.
The speaker said that Kenya Kwanza entered into a post election coalition agreement on September 5, 2022 with four other parties. On October 6, 2022, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula ruled that the Kenya Kwanza Alliance was the majority coalition.
The decision came after 14 MPs from the Azimio La Umoja Coalition Party defected to the ruling coalition, tipping the balance in Kenya Kwanza’s favour and allowing it to claim majority status.
However, a three-judge bench of the High Court later found that Wetang’ula had violated the Constitution in making this determination.
The court ruled that the Speaker had no justifiable basis for the reassignments and quashed the decision that had declared Kenya Kwanza as the majority party.
