Starehe MP threatens to file impeachment motion against Wetangula if he fails to resign

Starehe Member of Parliament Amos Mwago on Tuesday threatened to file a motion of impeachment against National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula is he fails to resign.

Mwago argued that Wetangula has carelessly manned the critical leadership docket and has been responsible for some of the major causes of public upheaval, among them the 2024 Finance Bill which prompted nationwide strikes.

The legislator held that following a High Court ruling that termed Wetang’ula's dual role as both Speaker and leader of Ford Kenya is unconstitutional, he remains unfit to be at the helm of the House’s leadership.

“He has made very many wrong decisions and shows a character of incompetence,” Mwago noted.

“For the sake of this nation I thought it would be wise of him to retire hounourably and own up the mistakes."

He further asserted that if Wetangula fails to honor the resigning option then legal action will be enforced to oust him from office.

“We are magnanimous enough to give him the most respectful options but going forward we are not go to the dogs because of a few people with some personal interests,” Mwago added.

“We are going to take all means that are available to us including tabling an impeachment motion against him.”

In the ruling, a three-judge bench found Wetang’ula in blatant violation of the Constitution, stating that he should have stepped down as Party Leader upon assuming the Speakership.

The court also found that the Speaker breached the law by declaring the Kenya Kwanza coalition, led by President William Ruto, as the majority in Parliament.

The court found that the Speaker had no justifiable basis for the reassignments and quashed the decision that granted Kenya Kwanza the majority status.

Sparking jitters among legislators, Wetangula cleared the air on Tuesday as MPs resumed House session from recess, insisting that the ruling issued last week, which invalidated the determination of Kenya Kwanza as the majority party in the House, did not directly declare any political entity as the majority.

Wetangula clarified that the court’s decision merely quashed his earlier direction and did not actually declare any side as the majority in Parliament.

“It is not the court to declare the majority. It is the Speaker of this House, and you better know that. It is the Speaker of the House to declare the majority.”

“The upshot of the judgement of the court …in law we say we go back to the status quo ante…when you go back to the status quo ante then the House has to make a decision and a finding on who the majority is. The court has not declared any party a majority in this House; read the judgement carefully,” he said.

He added: “We have gone back to the status quo ante… as to who is majority, the Speaker will make a finding.”