ODM MP Issues Clarification over Purported Plot for Speaker Wetang'ula's Ouster

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has refuted reports that there is a plot to depose National Assembly Moses Wetang'ula.

Some quarters had allegedly asserted a plan was mooted to oust Wetang'ula and have his post handed to a loyalist of ODM leader Raila Odinga.

But in an X update, Kaluma said there were no such plans.

Flagging the claims as propaganda, the MP suggested that Wetang'ula would finish his term as contemplated in the Kenya Kwanza power-sharing agreement, which also saw, among other principals, former Kilifi governor Amason Kingi taking the Senate speaker post, former Machakos governor getting a post in the National Executive and former ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi getting the Prime Cabinet Secretary post.

"Hon. Moses M. Wetangula, EGH, the Speaker of the National Assembly, is the 3rd in command in Kenya. Those drooling over his seat and using the media to propagate unfounded propaganda should know the seat of the Speaker of the National Assembly will only be vacant when he moves up and higher in the ladder of leadership in Kenya," Kaluma said.

The lawmaker also sought to absolve the ODM party of the accusations of destabilising the current regime.

Kaluma stated that the Raila-led political outfit was committed to helping President William Ruto's regime stand and deliver on the agenda on which it was installed.

"The ODM party is here to help stabilise the State, not for parochial pursuits. God bless Kenya," said Kaluma.

The lawmaker's sentiments came weeks after the ODM MPs joined forces with their counterparts from the UDA party to impeach Rigathi Gachagua from the deputy president's post.

A total of 282 MPs voted in favour of the 11 charges that formed the motion for the impeachment.

Gachagua's ouster was upheld in the Senate, where 53 senators voted to impeach him; five out of the 11 charges stood to send Gachagua home.

The deposed deputy president moved to the courts to challenge his ouster.