Senator Speaker Ken Lusaka.[Photo/the-star.co.ke]Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka has boldly opposed claims on social media that he is fighting Water Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa.
In a press statement sent earlier from Seychelles where the speaker is attending the Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference, Mr Lusaka stated that the conflict between him and Mr Wamalwa was hypothetical and majorly driven by a section of people with ill will.
“I have never used my powers or my proximity to power to fight anyone for any reasons whatsoever. I have instead used it to build the capacities of our people and harness the resources of our community for the general development of the country,” read part of the statement.
The Senate Speaker echoed that there was a strategic scheme by some individuals “to paint me in the explicit contradiction of my ideals.”
There has been rumors doing rounds that Lusaka led tothe dropping of the name of Water CS in the original nomination of the Cabinet members that were announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta recently.
“I have always worked with Wamalwa; we campaigned together to sell Jubilee in Western. Our unity has been our people’s strength,” he said.
Mr Lusaka’s sentiments were echoed by Sirisia MP John Waluke reiterated Mr Lusaka's sentiments who noted that no one should blame the Senate Speaker over the non-nomination of Mr. Wamalwa.
“He (Lusaka) is not the appointing authority. He has no powers to influence who is named and who is not named in the Cabinet; that is prerogative of the President,” said Mr Waluke.
This week, Some Western legislators threaten to ditch Jubilee for NASA if the President fails to name Wamalwa in his Cabinet. Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa stated that it will not be normal business if the Water CS’s name is left out of the Cabinet.