Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has insisted that the leaked phone conversation, allegedly between Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju and former Limuru MP George Nyanja, is real.
Speaking on Monday, the Senate Majority Leader claimed that the recording was captured by members of the press who had heeded Nyanja's press conference invitation on an undisclosed date, adding that it is the former MP who called Tuju.
He said that the conversation was leaked by a journalist whose recorder had captured the conversation, as Njanya was unaware that the recorders and cameras were still on, before proceeding to make the call.
"I can tell you how it happened. It is actually a matter of fact that the conversation took place and where the clip came from was Nyanja was having a press conference and unfortunately made a phone call to Tuju when the cameras were still rolling and recordings of radio people and TV people were still there," Murkomen said on Citizen TV's Day Break show.
He stated that this comes as a lesson to Jubilee members who had cast their trust in Tuju who is heard in the clip allegedly fixing Deputy President William Ruto who doubles up as the party deputy leader.
The vocal leader, however, advised politicians to be cautious with how they handle their private issues to avoid landing in the former Rarieda MP's current situation.
"That recording is not debatable, it is, of course, a privileged conversation between two people, which ordinarily shouldn't have become public. I know in political circles many people say things that they would be very ashamed of if the things were broadcast to the public," he added.
Tuju is already under pressure from Ruto's allies to resign, over claims of undermining the DP.