A Member of Parliament has said that Siaya Senator James Orengo is targeting President Uhuru Kenyatta with his impeachment motion.
Kipkelion West MP Hilary Kosgei said Orengo’s plan to impeach Deputy President William Ruto is a decoy because the true target is Uhuru.
“Somebody cannot just wake up one day and purport to want to impeach a Deputy President. Orengo is using the name of Ruto as a decoy yet in real sense it is Uhuru that is being targeted. Uhuru and Ruto are conjoined at the hips and whatever you do to one must affect the other,” Kosgei said on the Standard.
The vocal senator’s remarks on kicking out the DP have elicited political fireworks within the Jubilee as well as ODM party.
Orengo said he will initiate a process to have Ruto sent packing using article 150 of the constitution.
Interestingly, Orengo’s party, ODM, has distanced itself from the plans.
“It is not a mistake for Senator Orengo to express his views, but it should be clear that we have not discussed that matter as a party. People should allow the investigative agencies to do their work,” ODM chairman John Mbadi said.
The leader of majority in parliament Aden Duale said it would be an uphill task for Orengo to get enough votes for his motion.
“My friend Orengo knows that this is an impossibility, but he has chosen once more to market cheap and worthless fishing expedition,” Duale said.