Just days after President Uhuru Kenyatta made surprise cabinet changes, the focus has now shifted to two key Deputy President William Ruto’s allies.
Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen and his Nakuru counterpart Susan Kihika are the next target after the axing of Mwangi Kiunjuri from agriculture ministry.
According to a local daily, President Kenyatta wants to take control of both houses to further assert himself and drive government agenda before he retires in 2022.
The Star on Friday reported that the President, Jubilee’s party leader is considering entering into an agreement with Gideon Moi.
Thereafter, Uhuru will convene a parliamentary group meeting to replace Murkomen with the Baringo Senator.
Senate whip Susan Kihika is also targeted for removal.
Sources at immigration intimated to the Star that the government is investigating the possibility that she may be holding two passports, a US and Kenyan one.
On Monday, Kihika was barred from entering the venue where President Kenyatta handed title deeds to a group of women who sang for his father.
Apart from Murkomen and Kihika, the President also wants to replace committees chairs who are not backing him.
The crackdown against Tangatanga MPs aims to vanquish Ruto’s influence in Parliament as the President seeks to take a firmer charge of his legacy projects.
