Former Kenya National Union (KANU) party secretary General Nick Salat has resigned from the independence party.
In a letter to KANU National Chairman Gideon Moi and the Registrar of Political Parties on Friday, February 17, Salat stated he was unlawfully dismissed from his position in the party hence prompting him to resign.
“It is my position that my purported dismissal from the position of Secretary General as communicated through the press was unlawful and against the rules of natural justice. However, and pursuant to Section 14 of the Political Parties Act, I hereby, with a heavy heart but with a clear conscience, tender my resignation from the KANU Party effective the date specified hereunder.
“Take notice, therefore, that I Nicholas Salat has resigned from KANU Party and therefore disengage from and disassociate myself with the party except in situations where the law so permits after this notice,” the letter read in part.
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KANU party on February 10 dismissed Salat from the secretary general position on claims of gross misconduct and violation of the party constitution.
"That the report of the National Disciplinary Committee recommending the immediate expulsion of Nick Salat from the position of the Secretary-General of the party on account of gross misconduct and violation of the party constitution is unanimously adopted," KANU director of communications Joseph Towett stated.
Salat has however decamped to President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza camp. The former Bomet East MP has been spotted in President William Ruto’s Sunday prayer services on two occasions.
