Senators Edwin Sifuna and Samson Cherargei caused a scene during a sitting of the Senate Public Accounts Committee before which Bungoma governor Kenneth Lusaka was appearing on Friday, June 13.
Cherargei seemed to pressure Sifuna to recognise Farouk Kibet as President William Ruto's personal assistant.
This was after the Nairobi senator mentioned Farouk, perhaps adversely, during the grilling of Governor Lusaka.
"Senator Sifuna, you should know that Farouk Kibet is not an ordinary Kenyan; he is the president's PA. So I know you don't know how State House looks like, but I'm just informing you so that you are conversant," Cherargei said.
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Not the one to be dragged, Sifuna dismissed Cherargei's overzealous and hero-worship talk about Farouk.
The Nairobi senator stated that Farouk was not a holder of any constitutional office and hence deserved no recognition.
Sifuna brought in CS Kipchumba Murkomen's troll against Cherargei to get back at the Nandi senator.
He seemed to align with Murkomen's assertion that the Nandi senator is not intellectually smart.
"I protected him because Murkomen made certain accusations against his ability to grasp the law. He knows that as an elected state official, I only recognise people who hold constitutional offices, not their PAs. The office of the PA of the president does not exist anywhere in the law of Kenya. So that is somebody who is an entity to me," Sifuna hit back.
Farouk is known to be a powerful figure by virtue of his proximity to President Ruto.
He is said to boss over eminent people, including elected leaders, and wields so much power at State House, Nairobi.
Until Ruto's election to presidency two years ago, Farouk was a shadowy operative of Ruto and never appeared in public to make strong pronouncements.
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