Majority Leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale has told off Kakamega senator Cleophas Malala for proposing the abolishment of the constituencies.
Speaking in Parliament Monday, the vocal Jubilee leader expressed scepticism over the senator's leadership skills, besides apportioning blame on Kakamega residents for replacing the then-senator Khalwale with Malala, a former MCA, who, he said, is advocating for the scrapping of the constituencies.
"Kenyans should never allow someone to graduate from being an MCA to a senator. He should first be County Speaker, then deputy governor. Someone who said he will bring an amendment to scrap constituencies? Kakamega erred in replacing Khalwale with an MCA," the Majority Leader said.
Senator Malala on Monday questioned the purpose of constituencies while arguing that the 47 counties across the country are being represented by elected senators.
He consequently proposed constitutional amendments to have the constituencies scrapped in totality.
"If you have elected Malala to represent the county of Kakamega, what business do you have to elect 12 other people to represent Kakamega County? We shall be moving an amendment to the Constitution to abolish constituencies so that we just have senators to represent their counties," the senator said.
The latest altercation between the two leaders deepens the political supremacy war that has been brewing between the two bicameral houses in the recent times.