Parliament Speaker Justin Muturi. [Photo/chss.uonbi.ac.ke]Parliament Speaker Justin Muturi is likely to retain his seat while his Senate colleague Ekwee Ethuro faces an uphill task against a battery of candidates.
Kuresoi North MP Moses Cheboi has no competitor for the seat of the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, implying MPs will simply approve him for the job.
Muturi will contest against little known Dr Noah Winja Migudo and Washington Andago on Thursday when legislators meet to elect a new Speaker.
In the Senate, Ethuro will contest against former Migori Senator Dr Wilfred Machage, who was a member of the Speakers’ Panel, former National Assembly Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim, former Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka, former MP James Gesami, Gichuke Rabathi and unsuccessful Nairobi Senate candidate Rameshchandra Govind Gorasia.
“Accordingly, the clerk of the Senate hereby certifies that the following seven candidates are duly nominated for election to the office of Speaker of the Senate in terms of Articles 106(1) (a) of the Constitution and in terms of Standing Order 5 of the Senate Standing Orders,” Jeremiah Nyegenye, the Senate clerk said on Wednesday.
Parliament clerk Michael Sialai said 23 candidates collected nomination forms, but only seven beat the deadline that expired at 9 am Tuesday.