MP John Waluke to miss out on PSC slot as Azimio excludes his name from list

Sirisia Member of Parliament John Waluke could miss out on the lucrative position of commissioner in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC).

In a letter seen by Citizen Digital, Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi excluded Waluke’s name from the list of nominated members of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party to serve in the commission.

Waluke, who is currently incarcerated and fighting to be released on bail, had been promised the position by his coalition and his Jubilee Party has already presented him with nomination certificate.

The scramble for top positions is causing disharmony in the Raila Odinga-lead coalition, with ODM, Jubilee and Wiper fighting it out for the few positions available.

In Wandayi’s letter to Speaker Moses Wetangula, he proposes Likoni MP Mishi Mboko (ODM) and her Mavoko Counterpart Makau Mutua (Wiper) to be members of the commission.

“I acknowledge with thanks receipt of your letter referred SNA/CORR/2022(124) dated 13th October 2022. I am pleased to confirm the Minority Party Nominees from the National Assembly to the Parliamentary Service Commission,” Wandayi stated in the letter

However, Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni has also written to Speaker Wetangula nominating Waluke as a commissioner, and it will now be left to the members to decide who will represent them from the Minority in the National Assembly.

“Jubilee Party wishes to submit the name of Hon. John Waluke Koyi, Members of Parliament for Sirisia Constituency to be a Commissioner in the Parliamentary Service Commission,” Kioni said in the letter.

The wrangles have also extended to the Senate with Siaya Senator and Raila’s brother Oburu Odinga and Nyamira Senator Okongo Omogeni fighting it out for the sole position to represent the minority in the commission.

Sources however intimate that the recent changes have seen the coalition propose Isiolo Senator Fatuma Dullo, who is the Senate Minority Whip, to serve in the commission.

The move will see changes in the House leadership if Dullo succeeds to serve in the commission.

Sources also intimate that Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina could replace Dullo as the Minority Whip while Omogeni will replace Ole Kina as the deputy minority whip.

However, it’s a smooth sailing for the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition with Nyandarua Woman Rep Faith Gitau and Nyali MP Mohamed Ali having been proposed from the National Assembly and Nominated Senator Joyce Korir and Nyandarua's John Kinyua drawn from the Senate.