A section of Nakuru West residents have welcomed the decision by the Interim Electoral and Boundaries Commission special committee to clear Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula off voter bribery allegations.
The residents on Tuesday argued that the decision was not only well informed, but was also grounded on constitutional provisions.
Eric Wanga, a resident said it would have been needless to de-register the only Cord co-principal in the legislative assembly.
"The special committee has made a wise decision to spare Wetangula because if they sent him packing then it could have been a huge blow to the Cord coalition in parliament," he said.
The same sentiments were echoed by Dickson Basweti who said Wetangula had become a victim of witch-hunt who was only being targeted because of his political clout in the former Western province.
Basweti, however, reserved his commendation for the IEBC special committee for acting maturely and not heeding to partisan interests.
Wetangula was early Tuesday cleared by the committee over voter bribery claims after it ruled that there were no sufficient grounds to prove the allegations.
Had he been found guilty,the senate minority leader would have been struck off the voters register which would have also seen him lose his Bungoma seat.