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Azimio has written to CJ Martha Koome over the ouster of Sabina Chege as the Deputy Minority Whip.

The Azimio la Umoja coalition through Lawyer Paul Mwangi has written to Chief Justice Martha Koome over the removal of nominated MP Sabina Chege as the Deputy Minority Whip.

In a letter on Monday, June 12, Azimio sought CJ Koome’s intervention on whether a petitioner by the name Association of Friends of Youth and Women contravened the constitution by filing a petition in the Kiambu High Court instead of the Nairobi High Court.

“Every case shall be instituted in the High Court within whose jurisdiction the alleged violation took place. Petition E025 of 2023 deals with a decision made by The Speaker of The National Assembly. The Speaker works at Parliament Buildings and in the Chamber of the National Assembly, all in the City of Nairobi. The violations alleged against the Speaker thus took place in Nairobi,” read the letter in part.

Azimio also questioned why the Azimio la Umoja coalition and Chege were not excluded from the case yet they are involved.

“The Petition in question emanates from the decision of Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party to de-whip the Hon. Sabina Chege as the Deputy Whip of the Minority Party at the National Assembly. That notwithstanding, Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party was not made a party to these proceedings,” Azimio stated.

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File image of Sabina Chege

Azimio further wondered why the court issued the order to stop the removal of Chege from the Deputy Minority Whip position in her absentia.

The Raila Odinga-led coalition claimed that the proceedings were initiated to sabotage the de-whipping of Chege.

“This feeling is reinforced by the fact that the court issued orders to Sabina Chege in absentia and ex parte Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party,” the statement added.

The letter comes days after National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula declined to rafity the removal of Chege from the position.

Speaking at the National Assembly on Thursday Wetang’ula said Chege will continue serving in the position until the petition filed in court is determined.

“Until and unless further information is provided that this order has been varied or set aside, the court order effectively suspends the decision by the minority party on the replacement of Sabina Chege as the deputy minority whip,” Wetangula stated.